Photo essay / Nov 3, 2025 The desire to be invincible By ERIC KIM · Published November 3, 2025 ← What’s the most aesthetic solution?Short answer to your hunch: yes—partly. Visible fat held on the chest can read as “stored energy → security → ability to nourish,” which folds into signals of fertility, status, and embodied abundance. But the full story is richer: it’s a stack of biology, evolution, brain reward, learning, history, and culture all amplifying the same signal. →