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Loading Mena Suvari data from Instagram. Please wait... @menasuvari : Many years back, I remember passing through customs when an immigration officer looked at my passport (which included a photo of me years younger with very long hair) and then, upon handing it back, simply said: โoh, and you were such a pretty girlโ. I walked away surprised and confused. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
I had recently come off of filming #GardenOfEden with @thejackhuston and @caterina_murino_official, where I played the character of #Catherine. In the story, she struggles with finding her own identity by changing her appearance (drastically for the times, then, by cutter her hair shorter and shorter; eventually to it being shaved by the end of the story). And it was INCREDIBLE.
The entire experience of my head being shaved. The excitement. The liberation! The transformation from what I was into what I could choose to become. A new beginning. ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ
And it all became reduced to something so weird, unusual, and unfortunate for me by this manโs comment.
Somehow, my hair defined me.
I experienced how others regarded me as โcrazyโ, โwildโ, or โshe must have been high and lost her mind and just shaved it offโ. Women would tell me โwow, I wish I could do something like, but I wouldnโt know how to feel if I didnโt have my hairโ. Mind you, this was a choice I made for a character I played, but nonetheless, it was an awesome social experiment and experience for me.
I felt seen in a way I had never been, and although it was challenging at times, I had never felt more FREE!
Itโs a funny thing how secure we can become in one simple way of being.
I guess Iโve always struggled with that, so why not โtry it allโ? โจโจโจโจโจโจโจโจโจโจโจโจโจโจโจโจโจโจโจ
But Iโm GRATEFUL for the experience.
Iโm GRATEFUL for the misunderstandings.
Iโm GRATEFUL for the challenge.
Because the thing that Iโve always appreciated the most, that has come out of my lifeโs experience, has been the KNOWLEDGE and NEW PERSPECTIVE it has brought.
And THESE items are priceless. ๐๐ผโจ
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