Reflections:
Imagine a world without mirrors or cameras of any kind- a place where the only way you could see yourself was through the eyes of other people. Would you feel more self-conscious or self-confident? Too often we our decieved by our perceptions- some being too arrogant while others being overly critical of every little "flaw". Some people spend too much time focusing on perfecting their outward appearence and neglect their inner being. Remember the story of Narcississ- the man who fell so in love with his reflection that he turned into a flower. So i say this- if you are beautiful on the inside, other people will see it and will reflect the image that you portray onto them.
Now here's a cute little spell poem I found for looking into mirrors:
Look to the left
Look to the right
Look into the glass
And say these lines
Quicksilver
Mirror silver
Show me
My true reflection
Look at the eyes
If their black center
Be sunken and small
Then the mirror lies.
Imagine a world without mirrors or cameras of any kind- a place where the only way you could see yourself was through the eyes of other people. Would you feel more self-conscious or self-confident? Too often we our decieved by our perceptions- some being too arrogant while others being overly critical of every little "flaw". Some people spend too much time focusing on perfecting their outward appearence and neglect their inner being. Remember the story of Narcississ- the man who fell so in love with his reflection that he turned into a flower. So i say this- if you are beautiful on the inside, other people will see it and will reflect the image that you portray onto them.
Now here's a cute little spell poem I found for looking into mirrors:
Look to the left
Look to the right
Look into the glass
And say these lines
Quicksilver
Mirror silver
Show me
My true reflection
Look at the eyes
If their black center
Be sunken and small
Then the mirror lies.
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If you consider that mirrors or cameras dont exist...
There still is the basic fact that the world as we know it only exists in the way we see it. Everyones reflection/perception of others is already distorted by the way the other person thinks of you (with or without knowing you). Indeed, whatever image of you they will mirror and that you may want to believe is actually you, it is bound to be flawed from the start since it just cant be objective (as a result of the way the mind works). As you said, your aura creates the way you are perceived. It goes way beyond initial cosmetic beauty. So, would that make you too self-conscious or too self-confident to be liked or rejected by people around you? I guess it all depends on your own knowledge/awareness of yourself and your actions.
Without mirrors, cosmetic beauty wouldnt play such a part in helping to build or destroy self-confidence... but would that make us happier to be blind to our own image and not be able to express ourselves through it, since it is such an important part of humanity on this earth? Have you noticed how real-life blind people are never the worst dressed ones...?
Lets just say that the beautiful people whose appearance dictates almost everything they are will never be happy, since there shall always be someone somewhere to think they are ugly & empty, regardless of whats inside of them, be it good or bad.
Being able to look into yourself is the key.
PS: I hope I make sense, that stupid cold has given me a master headache and I'm all Lemsip'ed
hm, I wonder if michael jackson would have never ended up like this without any mirrors there.
My bf never looks into mirrors. the only negative things that come from that are: he won't notice when his piercing is infected, he won't see he needs to shave, his hair looks the "true" just-out-of-bed style.
although, when i first met him he seemed to have a low opinion about his appearance, thinking he wasn't good looking at all. so when I dresssed him up for a night out and forced him infront of a mirror it helped him to realise that he isn't the ugly ducky he thought he was.
have you read the beach? after being on the beach for a while, richard goes on the rice run and is told to have a look in a mirror for the first time in many months. he can't recognise himself, since his appearance has changed immensely and is slightly shocked about the state he's in.