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| Benson Sculpture Garden, Benson, Colorado. May 2016. |
On one hand, you could say that cosmetic maintenance in this time of stay-at-home COVID is a superficial matter - and it is, literally.
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| Art Castings, Loveland, Colorado. May 2016. |
On the other hand, we humans, no matter how low or high our incomes, find comfort, satisfaction, pure plain pleasure in having our hair, skin, and nails groomed. We want to look good and thus feel good. It puts a swag to our step.
It has been thus for millennia.
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| Benson Sculpture Garden, Benson, Colorado. May 2016. |
Heck, animals groom each other, and it's not just about removing insects, it's part of group socialization, bonding, mutual support.
So with stay-at-home-ness keeping us from our visits to salons and the skilled groomers who primp us, oh, it's a loss that is more than skin deep.
Today I stripped the red polish from my toes. The pedicure I had two months ago (longer?) looked so bedraggled. I can't remember when I ever had naked toes in the warm seasons.
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| Niels Chr. Hansen, Four Foot Sketches in Pencil, around 1892. Source: Invaluable.com via Art Coffee |
When we were children, my mother used to tell us that our toes were shaped like the statues of ancient gods and goddesses, our toes curled daintily just a bit, with each succeeding toe shorter than the one before.
This always makes me smile, although I can't say that my naked toes today look like those of an ancient goddess.
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