“In traditional societies, we have a long legacy of men controlling the body and mind of women. Such societies have valorised motherhood and fabricated concepts like chastity. Women have been the victims of these notions for thousands of years.” MenYearsMindLongHas BeensBodyConceptsVictimNotionMotherhoodTraditionalLegacyMind And BodyChastityLong Legs Author:Taslima Nasrin
“I think the traditional explanation is that demons just find someone, they pick on them and try to break down their spirit so they can... take control of their bodies. Why exactly? I don't know.” ThinkingKnowsTryingBodySpiritBreakPicksTraditionalExplanationDemonBreaking DownTake Control Author:Oren Peli
“With Gnaw I was thinking about traditional sculpture, about carving. I was also interested in figurative sculpture. I put those two ideas together and decided that rather than describing the body, I would use the body, my body, as a tool for making art.” ThinkingArtTwoIdeasUseBodyTogetherToolsDecidedTraditionalSculptureDescribingCarving Author:Janine Antoni
“The wrap dress is the most traditional form of dressing: It's like a robe, it's like a kimono, it's like a toga. It doesn't have buttons or zippers. What made it different was that it was jersey; therefore, it was close to the body and it was a print.” MadeDifferentBodyFormDressesTraditionalMade ItPrintButtonsDressingsWrapsJerseyRobesZippersTogasKimonos Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“When we teach a child to sing or play the flute, we teach her how to listen. When we teach her to draw, we teach her to see. When we teach a child to dance, we teach him about his body and about space, and when he acts on a stage, he learns about character and motivation. When we teach a child design, we reveal the geometry of the world. When we teach children about the folk and traditional arts and the great masterpieces of the world, we teach them to celebrate their roots and find their own place in history.” WorldChildrenArtPlayCharacterBodyMotivationSpaceTeachStageDesignDrawsRootsFolksTraditionalCelebrateMasterpieceGeometryFlutes Book:Command Performance: An Actress in the Theater of Politics Source: Command Performance: An Actress in the Theater of Politics
“Ballet is the repetitive training of the body for the purpose of executing steps in traditional fashion. It is tied to and bound by the past. It is a disciplined beauty consciously preserved in the image of the old days in societies that were class-conscious and appreciative of elitist physical expertise.” BodyPastPurposeStepsClassFashionTrainingConsciousBoundsTraditionalBalletTiedExpertiseOld DaysAppreciativeRepetitiveElitistExecuting Author:Shirley MacLaine
“The flamingoes are the most delicately colored of all the African birds, pink and red like a flying twig of an oleander bush. They have incredibly long legs and bizarre and recherché curves of their necks and bodies, as if from some exquisite traditional prudery they were making all attitudes and movements in life as difficult as possible.” IfsLongBodyDifficultAttitudeMovementBirdRedLegsFlyingTraditionalNecksBizarreCurvesExquisiteTwigsLong LegsOleanders Book:Out of Africa Source: Out of Africa
“... all progress in knowledge takes place through the correction of that which has been received on authority ... without the huge body of traditional knowledge, accurate and inaccurate together, there would be nothing even to correct. Progress is not made in spite of authority, but by means of it.” MeanHas BeensMadeBodyWould BeTogetherProgressHugeAuthorityTraditionalSpiteAccurateCorrections Book:The Venture of Rational Faith Source: The Venture of Rational Faith