"Our body is our canvas, one of our primary means of self-expression. We clean it, sculpt it, feed it, starve it, push it to its muscular and energetic limits. We adorn it with clothing, cosmetics, jewelry, tattoos and piercings. We use it to dance, to celebrate, to experience pleasure and pain. We use it to communicate in a way inaccessible through words."

Courtesy The Beauty of Body Art, http://www.socialworkout.com/2010/06/29/beauty-body-art