modern bodybuilding lacks something it once had

turning your body into a work of art as a way to project authority and thumos (spirit), and not to just "gain mass and to get lean"

the act of working out and lifting weights is a living breathing painting, the proportions of lower body and upper body muscles flowing upwards like a blossoming flower in the midst of a world that doesn't incentivize being one

to not view the body as a work of art in an attempt to view art as a purely intellectual thing, strips art from its deeper meaning

artists that recognize the body as much of a work of art as the art they're making with their hands are the only artists that understand the deeper meaning of visual aesthetics