Reflection about the nature, limits and characteristics of human body.

1. A BODY OF WONDERS! Anderson & Low, Pasha, 2008.

2. HUMAN BODY: one of the thousand wonders of Nature. A BODY OF WONDERS! Anderson & Low, Pasha, 2008.

3. The natural body is beyond all the freedom of choice. Anderson & Low, Valeria, Globe Performer, 2006.

4. Anderson & Low, Valeria, Ariel Silk Performer, 2006.

5. Nobody chooses to be healthy or sick. Anderson & Low, Valeria, Ariel Hoop Performer, 2006.

6. Anderson & Low, Mikhail & Sergey 1, 2008.

7. Nobody chooses to be perfect or imperfect. Anderson & Low, Natalyia & Misha, Trapeze Artists, 2006.

8. Barbara Taurua, from Rome, Italy, Red.

9. Barbara Taurua, from Rome, Italy, Lightness.

10. Patrick Demarchelier, Alaia & Yasmeen, 1991.

11. Shelby Lee Adams, Appalshop, Inc. Photo Survey Project.

12. Bodnar, From Bielsko-Biala, Poland, Aldona's history -Aldona is 18 years old. She is full of energy and optimistic girl. Aldona doesn't have leg and both hands.She has lots of dreams.

13. Anderson & Low, NDGT - Earth 11, 2000.

14. Nobody chooses to grow old, decrepit or senile. Anderson & Low, NDGT - Fire 4, 2001.

15. Nobody can follow the thread of time twice... Daria Endresen, from Oslo, Norway, Unravel.

16. Risquillo, from Irapuato, Mexico, Sadness.

17. Anderson & Low, NDGT - Sky 9, 2000.

18. Nobody chooses to look old at twelve... José Ferreira, from Faro, Portugal, Gipsy portrait.

19. or even at eighty. Barbara Taurua, from Rome, Italy, Donna Clara, 81 years old. She loves life.

20. Nobody chooses to be blind, deaf or paraplegic. Anderson & Low, Pasha, 2008.

21. Craig Watson, BALANCING ACTThis 13-year-old acrobat -contortionist, known as Elian, defies gravity during a performance by the Moscow State Circus at the Convocation Center May 31.

22. German wheel performer - via Circus Odyssey.

23. Anderson & Low, Pasha, 2008.

24. Photographer unknown, Strength and equlibrium.

25. Regy Kurniawan, from Manado, Indonesia, Descending - rock climbing activity at Siung cliff.

26. No one chooses to be sane or insane. Shelby Lee Adams, Appalshop, Inc. Photo Survey Project.

27. Anderson & Low, Simon, Wheel Gymnast, 2006.

28. Will and Bertie Leatherland - Acrobats on the Empire State Building.

29. Anderson & Low, Svetlana & Valeria, Mother & Daughter, 2006.

30. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

31. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

32. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

33. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

34. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

35. Nobody chooses to suffer. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

36. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

37. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

38. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

39. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

40. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

41. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

42. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

43. Nobody chooses to die. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

44. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

45. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

46. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

47. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

48. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

49. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

50. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

51. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

52. Vadim Stein, 2009, Russia.

53. Zena Holloway, Underwater photography.

54. Zena Holloway, Underwater photography.

55. Zena Holloway, Underwater photography.

56. Zena Holloway, Underwater photography.

57. Zena Holloway, Underwater photography.

58. Zena Holloway, Underwater photography.

59. Zena Holloway, Underwater photography.

60. Zena Holloway, Underwater photography.

61. Zena Holloway, Underwater photography.

62. Patrick Demarchelier, Nude in tree.

63. Patrick Demarchelier, Véronique Pittman with daughter Lucy.

64. Jl-studio.ru, Acrobat, 2009, Russia.

65. Jennifer, from United States, Fire Light.

66. Jennifer, from United States, Swan Dive.

67. King Douglas, Dayna Fox - La bonne attitude, North Carolina Dance Theater, 1980.

68. King Douglas, David Bushman, North Carolina Dance Theater, 1988.

69. King Douglas, David Wilson, Southern Methodist University, 1988.

70. King Douglas, Rebecca McClain, North Carolina Dance Theater, 1980.

71. King Douglas, Talal Al-Muhanna, North Carolina Dance Theater.

72. A BODY OF WONDERS... Yann Arthus- Bertrand, The Gorges of the Bras de Caverne,Island of Réunion, France. is the fruit of A NATURE OF WONDERS!

73. Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Caravane de dromadaires aux environs de Nouakchott, Mauritanie.

74. Yann Arthus- Bertrand, Greater flamingos on Lake Nakuru, Kenya.

75. Webshots.

76. Webshots.

77. Webshots.

78. Stan Goldberg - Louisville, KY.

79. Ron Richardson, Tulip.

80. Webshots - Firehouse 16, Enjoying Sunset at Death Valley Dunes, 2010.

81. Cynthia Rowse - Webshots, Timbre, 2010.

82. Iceberg, Antarctida.

83. Blood of wonder! Oliver Meckes & Nicole Ottawa, Eye of Science, Medical science - blood, erythrocytes.

84. Bones of wonder! Oliver Meckes & Nicole Ottawa, Eye of Science, Medical science - skeleton, bone tissue.

85. COMPANIONS OF WONDER! Mark Laita.

86. Mark Laita.

87. Mark Laita.

88. Mark Laita.

89. Mark Laita.

90. Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Rosslayne Misty Blue.

91. Gary McParland, from Co Armagh, Ireland, The Road Goes Ever On & On.

92. Jennifer, from United States, Abiding Wonder - These sequoia trees are over 2000 years old.

93. Martin Zalba, from Spain, Medusa.

94. Jon Sullivan, BlueFish, 2002.

95. Martin Zalba, from Spain, Las Médulas.

96. Maurizio Blasetti, from rome, Italy, Last snow on the mountains of Italy.

97. Mark Boyle, from Perth, Australia, Pinnacles Desert, Western Australia.

98. Bret Webster, Milky Way Over Ancient Ghost Panel, 2010.

99. Ken Crawford, Rancho del Sol Observatory, David Martinez-Delgado, MPIA, IAC, NGC 1055 - Galaxy in a Box, 2010.

100. Stéphane Guisard, Easter Island Eclipse, July 11, 2010.

101. Veikkosu, Finish photographer and painter - Webshots, Under the Star Sky, 2010. AND A MIND OF WONDERS!

102. PD Photo, Egyptian hieroglyphs at the British Museum in London, 2007.

103. Reading Braille Code, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1999.

104. Pyramids, Egypt.

105. Siria, Palmira Ruins.

106. Great Wall of China.

107. Greece – Meteora Monastery.

108. Schloss Neuschwanstein and Surrounding Forest 1869-1886 Bavaria, Germany.

109. Worth 1000, photoshop.

110. Replica of a Portuguese caravel. It was in caravels like this one that the Portuguese navigators discovered new lands and people in all the oceans and continents (Africa, Asia, America and Oceania).

111. STS-131 Crew, Expedition 23 Crew, NASA, The International Space Station Over Earth, 2010.

112. A UNIVERSE OF WONDERS! The Blue Planet – Our HOME.

113. Dedicated to the perfections and imperfections of Nature. A BODY OF WONDERS! Nobody chooses his own NATURAL body. Nobody chooses to be healthy. Nobody chooses to be beautiful. Nobody chooses to be imperfect. Nobody chooses to grow old. Nobody chooses to be blind, deaf, paraplegic, amputee. Nobody chooses to be phisically dependent. Nobody chooses to suffer. Nobody chooses (freely) to die. And yet all those choices are made through our body. Much of what our life is, from birth to death, is inscribed in our genetic matrix since the first instant of conception, in the forms and characteristics of our body. Our natural body may be a wonder of Nature by its genetic characteristics and by hard work and discipline. Athletes, dancers, yogis, martial arts practitioners, nuts of fitness… may achieve bodies of wonder and do with their bodies true wonders. Much more than our mind, our body is a product of nature. Among the million spermatozoids and the thousands ovules, each of us is the unique product of a million possibilities. Everyone is SPECIAL, UNIQUE and a WONDER OF NATURE. A body mustn’t be a motive of pride but of satisfaction. Is is given to each of us by Nature. All we can choose is an ARTIFICIAL body (aesthetic surgery). Everyone must be free to obtain that artificial perfection, though nobody can deceive Nature... Nobody chooses his NATURAL body, but (almost) everybody can choose how to act with his mind and body: right or wrong. Everyone (of good will) wants and deserves to be loved in his body and soul. Suy / São Ludovino, August 2010 Anderson & Low, Pasha, 2008.

114. TECHNICAL DATA / CREDITS TITLE:A BODY OF WONDERS IMAGES:Photography by Anderson & Low, Patrick Demarchelier (France), Barbara Taurua (Italy), Shelby Lee Adams (U.S.A.), Bodnar (Poland), Daria Endresen (Norway), Risquillo (Mexico), José Ferreira (Portugal), Craig Watson, Circus Odyssey (unknown photographer), Regy Kurniawan (Indonesia), Vadim Stein (Russia), Zena Holloway (U.K.), Jl-studio (Russia), Jennifer (U.S.A.), King Douglas U.S.A.), Yann Arthus-Bertrand (France), Webshots (U.S.A.), Stan Goldberg (U.S.A.), Ron Richardson (U.S.A.), Firehouse 16 (U.S.A.), Cynthia Rowse, Oliver Meckes & Nicole Ottawa, Mark Laita (U.S.A.), Gary McParland (Ireland), Martin Zalba (Spain), Jon Sullivan, Maurizio Blasetti (Italy), Mark Boyle (Australia), Bret Webster, Ken Crawford, Stéphane Guisard, Veikkosu (Finland), PD Photo, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Worth 1000, NASA (STS-131 Crew), some unknown photographers. TEXT: by Suy MUSIC Source: CD from my personal archive. Slide 1 to 114: Moody Blues, Nights in White Satin, 2005. DURATION: about 5:39 minutes. DATE: August 2010. SELECTION, ORGANIZATION AND EFFECTS:Suy (Conceição Ludovino). Suy © 2010