Beauty When the Other Dancer is the Self

“Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self”

• What is true beauty? • What is some of your inner dialogue on how you see yourself or think others see you? • How can we learn to love our imperfections?

1. Why does Walker put “accident” in quotation marks? Has Walker made peace with the “accident” and its consequences? 2. What is the effect of ending the essay by recounting a dream? How does the dream relate to the essay’s title? 3. How was Walker alone in “Beauty: …”? What text supports your answer?

Alice Walker • What did you learn about Alice Walker? • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=_c. LQya 3 Ml. Z 0

Picasso’s Girl Before a Mirror • • • What might the artist be trying to share with us about the nature of the woman’s identity? Why would Picasso use the device of the mirror to show us two views of this woman? How are the depictions of the woman different? How are they similar? In what ways might we interpret the differences in the image and its reflection to be symbolically or metaphorically expressing the nature of her identity? Where is the element of a harlequin/clown/jester costume incorporated into this painting?

• What do you see when you look in the mirror? Homework: Draw a self portrait of how you see yourself when you look in the mirror. WNB #C: “What the Mirror Tells Me…”