{"product_id":"portrait-of-a-body","title":"Portrait of a Body","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_text_column\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_wrapper\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA portrait of flourishing desire in a body ever-changing\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e As she examines her life experience and traumas with great care, Delporte faces the questions about gender and sexuality that both haunt and entice her. Deeply informed by her personal relationships as much as queer art and theory, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePortrait of a Body\u003c\/em\u003e is both a joyous and at times hard meditation on embodiment—a journey to be reunited with the self in an attempt to heal pain and live more authentically.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDelporte’s idyllic colored pencil drawings contrast with the near urgency that structures her confessional memoir. Each page is laden with revelation and enveloped in organic, natural shapes—rocks, flowers, intertwined bodies, women’s hair blowing in the wind—captured with devotion. The vitality of these forms interspersed with Delporte’s flowing handwriting hold space for her vivid and affecting observations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSkillfully translated by Helge Dascher and Karen Houle, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePortrait of a Body\u003c\/i\u003e provokes us to remain open to the lessons our bodies have on offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47551238865205,"sku":"9781770466807","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0260\/3030\/9430\/files\/9781770466807-1-scaled.jpg?v=1701829942","url":"https:\/\/shop.floatingworldcomics.com\/products\/portrait-of-a-body","provider":"Floating World Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}