The thinking goes as follows: If you want your bosses to see you as someone who can take on more authority, you need to act that way. Part of that demonstration is in how you present yourself. A fitted black sheath with a tweed Tibi blazer and pointy Louboutins. In hindsight, shopping for those interviews was easy. Then earlier this year I found myself at a place in my career where I was ready to take on more ownership.
One glance at the art of Rubens, however, shows that this was not always so—obviously, thinking fat used to be the thing. The opulent fleshy beauty of Rubens's women probably made the leaner ladies of his day frown when they patted their own meager stomachs, and wish they could compete in the big leagues. Yet today the very name of Rubens is apt to produce a reaction of disgust. Those puffy knees, those bumps and hilts of flesh have never had less fashionable appeal than right now, in the very year of Rubens's th anniversary. He was born on June 28,, and, like it or not, must confront the Rubens ideal: His enduring importance as an artist commands international attention, even if it can't coerce universal love. Rubens's greatness as an artist has remained unchallenged ever since the beginning of his career, but by the 's Rubens's art had become increasingly hard to like. Rubens did have an incredibly fortunate and prosperous life.