The History Our Bodies Share

Scars, the story of us. Where we have been, what we have experienced, reminders of things that used to be. Physical marks on our bodies tell the history of our lives. Scars come in many different forms and looks, sometimes it’s a birthmark that covers 70 percent of our body or a large scar from an intense surgery. Scars are beautiful reminders of either fond memories or terrifying times. Either way, they can be amazing tales of our history.

100 Million People Acquire Scars Yearly

There are an estimated 11 million keloid scars and four million burn scars, 70% of which occur in children.

-National institude of Health

Joey Seevers and Elaina Parrent pose as a couple kissing through sheets over their heads to showcase the painting “The Lovers II ‘’ by Rene Margritte (1928). Margritte was only 14 years old when he found his mother after she had committed suicide. It was said that she had drowned herself in a nearby river, to which her head was found wrapped up in her skirt, as how the sheets were wrapped around the heads of the models in the painting. Though there is no clear proof as to whether or not Margritte’s mother’s death was the inspiration behind the sheets around the heads,based on other works including “The Son of Man,” concealing faces, heads, or just “hiding” portions of the image in his paintings has been a common theme throughout his career.

Summer as a homeless man in the painting

Old Guitarist” painted this painting to depict the lives of those who were poor or cast out from society as he was impoverished when he painted this.