Category talk:Body modification

Cobb

I have added several subjects to this category with the basis of Jon Cobb's comments when asked "What is Body Modification?":

In the not so immediately apparent, a lot of possibilities aren't regarded for what they are: Bodybuilding, yoga's physical aspects and contortion, pilates (a type of exercise that leads to full realization of the elastic potential of the body; you can literally grow an inch or more through loosening up the connective tissues between bones, etc.), martial arts hand conditioning, cosmetic surgery or dentistry, hair removal or adorning or patterning (tribalized chest or forearm shaving patterns can only be so out there to somebody), anorexic, bulimic, or fasting behavior intended not to appease the mind but result in a bodily appearance that better reflects the self image, name it; my wife just suggested fashion (if clothing is worn continually with the primary purpose of adornment and encasement, or possibly negation, it ceases to be both temporary, surface, and necessary, therefore a real modification). We no more "need" to comb or keep our hair, or wear clothes inside our houses, than we need to pierce ourselves, but we do, so we should recognize this gift for what it is. In short, any conscientious deviation from the base form of the nude body

Team4Technologies (talk) 11:19, 8 July 2008 (UTC)