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You Have Never Seen Your Own Face; A World Of Mirrors

No seriously, your two eyes have never seen your own face. Well, maybe the tip of your nose and cheeks, but you have only seen what glass reflects or what water refracts.

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You Have Never Seen Your Own Face; A World Of Mirrors
Carolyn Langer

It's an interesting concept. However, it's extremely freaky, nonetheless. A mirror is a mechanism that almost seems impossible for humans to live without. Especially, handheld ones that show the hard-to-reach places of your body for those infrequent inspections. Maybe even the magnified mirrors to facilitate insight on the small dots growing hairs on your face. Looking deeply into orifices through a stethoscope really shines light upon the embedded shenanigans inside of the body.

The placement of two facing mirrors almost seems as if the commencement of some everlasting repetitive dimension has risen. Is it possible to find yourself stuck in the middle? At least seeing the figure of your exterior, standing before the mirrors, remains the epiglottis between pathways as the combination of attention in each direction is the alternation of dimension. With limited knowledge of our intragalactic locomotion, how far can we travel through time and space in our reflections?

But, it doesn't seem that looking into a singular placed speculum ever ceases repetition. Walking past the grocery store with tinted windows seems to be the perfect moment to look over a shoulder and check if those pants really require a tucked shirt. It becomes a game to see how many times it looks as if you're riding inside of the passing cars, as feet stand restlessly on the curb, waiting to cross. If not for all the curtained windows, how does aesthetic really please you?

Looking down is insufficient: it seems outfits are always in need of backside consideration. This is because the habits of speculation formed are due to the responses of self-recognition. The mannerisms of facial expression, the position changes to see where the clothes fall in motion, or the confirmation that they reach all around demonstrate the responses to consciousness.

The idiosyncrasies that characterize individuals are reflected. The classic movements in front of yourself can really determine the true reason you are where you're standing. There is a difference between ego and curiosity. What has compelled you to stare?

Imagine the first living thing to see themselves in a puddle of water? Wondering the reality of vision as humans are the most capable to question such. Reflections were derived from earlier refractions. As ripples forming perfect circles in nature around the reflection makes way for the finest natural tale. The reasons for deliberate usage and constant care for perspective other than your own seems to influence the purpose and the continuation of producing an outlet for the 180 degree direction of sight.

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