the human body that transcends image. Once you’ve watched a strong man fade, when you’ve borne witness to a body in peak physical condition spiraling until it’s unable to will itself into one more day, it’s harder to care whether breastfeeding has deflated your boobs or a miracle growing within you has graffitied your skin. And when you’ve spent a few minutes with a body that no longer houses a soul, so still and lifeless and empty, you really see it for what it is, and how incredible it has been, no matter how it looks.
