I’m a mirror of others rather than my own person.
Those who see beauty in me are beautiful themselves; those who find me witty are intelligent comics on their own; should someone think that I am [fill in the attribute] it’s really because they are [attribute].
New companions, new Kristen. I easily pick up friends’ vocabulary, habits, hobbies, and preferences.
This is irksome. I would like to be beautiful, witty and [attribute] for real. I would like to have my own strong preferences. Do things with an internal passion of my own. By my own steam. But I don’t seem to. Not lately.
So after some reflection about all this, I took a personal inventory and came up with one important item that is mine alone: my creative expression. I don’t draw, paint, print or whatever like anyone else.
I spent the afternoon and evening balming my soul and regaining a sense of my self by creating three abstract self-portraits. Linoleum prints, my favorite medium. This is how I see myself at the moment. (Click the image for a larger view.)
Posted by kuri at September 07, 2004 11:59 PMhow often do you see two mirrors that are the same?
Posted by: j-ster on September 8, 2004 12:57 AMI think the fact that you have created abstract Venn diagrams speaks volumes.. you are able to link between different groups of people or tasks or creative ideas and bring them together in a harmonious and a uniquely “Kristen” way.
for more fun with mathematics..
http://www.venndiagram.com/
I am such a math geek… :)
Posted by: Tracey on September 8, 2004 10:36 AMi see your self-portrait as multifaceted, not singular or isolated. I think you feel that way too. And about the influence of others, don’t forget that color is visible to our eyes only after certain light waves are reflected back to us. Without this reflection/absorption process, it’s colorless. And so would we be too.
Posted by: Greg on September 8, 2004 10:43 AM*inserts the word masculine (feel free to substitute manly}*
Posted by: UltraBob on September 8, 2004 11:20 AM