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A review by lue_moon
Body Work by Melissa Febos
3.0
There were some pieces that felt stronger than others. Had some good quotes I may take with me. I got a bit lost in the end in analogies that didn't resonate for me, though they may for others.
It did make me think about the power within writing (and other art forms) to transform, at the very least, the writer. (Which I already knew to be true, but the reminder is important just the same). I liked the discussion around disrupting internal scripts—the stories, often taught to us, that we continue to tell ourselves, for familiarity or for protection—and moving toward more creative thinking and a "truer" story.
From the end of Mind Fuck:
It did make me think about the power within writing (and other art forms) to transform, at the very least, the writer. (Which I already knew to be true, but the reminder is important just the same). I liked the discussion around disrupting internal scripts—the stories, often taught to us, that we continue to tell ourselves, for familiarity or for protection—and moving toward more creative thinking and a "truer" story.
From the end of Mind Fuck:
[This] essay is about the revolutionary power of undoing the narratives we've been taught about ourselves, and how that project might make us not only better writers and lovers, but more human to ourselves.