On Fleshy Lips

In my mind, the word “flesh” immediately evokes thought of my lips.  I had planned on having a career that would center on the control of these tiny pieces of flesh, but then my lips were slightly injured, which unleashed a whole world of unexpected complications onto my ideas of myself, my future, and the world that operates around me.   I am exploring the relationship between the ego and flesh, how the ego and self-image develop themselves (because they seemingly have a lot to do with flesh), using the examination of the psychological effect of brass injury to do so.  I am looking at myself and my own injury as well as other cases that I have seen around me of different severity, and that have produced different emotional and psychological reaction.  I have already done a ton of research, including reading books and websites and making trips to see “chop doctors” to get more information, and looking credible in the essay should come easily.  A main goal of the essay is to understand where in my head I am right now in relation to my flesh and my flesh-dependent ego, and to figure out how I would like to progress from here.

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