Reflections

the only way most of us see ourselves, is through mirrors and photographs. To see yourself through someone's eyes for a day would be the one of the most interesting and possibly the most terrifying experience anyone could have. Mirrors. Hold up your right hand facing the mirror. And it is your right hand but if you were facing in the direction of the figure in the mirror it would be your left. It is almost as if we are a print on a translucent piece of paper and someone is holding a giant light behind us, or as if we were a vivid cut out of a giant rubber stamp. Same concept. I think most people don't realize how afraid of mirrors they actually are. A hypocritical object that reflects how we really appear, but not quite. Ever see a photograph and think " is that what i look like?" maybe you have looked in the mirror too much. And the mirror usually ends up showing you what you want to see. because looking in a mirror is like a collection of moments that liquidate into a "reversed" version of the pose you carefully choose. And whether this is a conscious collection of moments or an unconscious glance on the way out the door, it is all the same. People don't like photographs alot of the time because it doesn't show them how they want to see themselves but how they are actually existing that very moment. A photograph is a moment captured onto film as it is passing through the eye of someone else. someone who doesn't know how you want to be viewed but is simply just viewing you as you are. And so many people disagree with photographs but only because they are scared of seeing themselves as they really are. I think everyone needs to be aware of who they are and not fear it for the simple reason that you cannot change it. If anything fear your mirror. It lies right to your face everyday.