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Submitted: May 16
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...the looking glass.
This is the second pic I promised you from the mirror-based photo shoot/manipulation thing Julia and I did.
The first one, "Simulacra", is rather metaphorical and conceptual, this one might be called a bit more metaphysical. Just the whole "The figure in the mirror is not me..." kind of deal...
There is so much fantastic stuff about mirrors out there in mythology, from 'showing the truth' or even 'telling the truth' in fairy tales over to 'stealing one's soul', from Narcissus over to Bloody Mary ... the material is sheer endless.
Consider this my contribution and interprete it yourself, as usual
As for the model ... yes, Julia. My muse.
Yet again, a tremedous amount of good, nice and admiring things I can say about her, but to keep this on topic: A wonderful person to work with on creative collaborations as well
This is the second pic I promised you from the mirror-based photo shoot/manipulation thing Julia and I did.
The first one, "Simulacra", is rather metaphorical and conceptual, this one might be called a bit more metaphysical. Just the whole "The figure in the mirror is not me..." kind of deal...
There is so much fantastic stuff about mirrors out there in mythology, from 'showing the truth' or even 'telling the truth' in fairy tales over to 'stealing one's soul', from Narcissus over to Bloody Mary ... the material is sheer endless.
Consider this my contribution and interprete it yourself, as usual
As for the model ... yes, Julia. My muse.
Yet again, a tremedous amount of good, nice and admiring things I can say about her, but to keep this on topic: A wonderful person to work with on creative collaborations as well
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It reminds me a bit of the movie "Secret Window" in which the character walks towards a mirror, facing it, whilst the image reflected is that of him backing towards it.
If you like that mirror thing in movies, one also has of course to name "The Matrix", in which Neo crosses between the simulated world and the real world through a mirror. That's already thrilling if you know that the Wachowski brothers that made the movie read a lot of Baudrillard and quote him a lot, too (Morpheus does so, literally, when he says "Welcome to the desert of the real).
And "Through the looking glass" aside, The Matrix is also quoting visually since the crossing of the mirror, hands first, could already be seen in Jean Cocteau's highly artistic (or should I say 'artsy'?) movie "Orphée" (1950).
But enough of mirrors in movies for now ... I really like your interpretation, and so does Julia. So: thanks
I think it comes closer to this pic instead of the loking glass quote because it just seemed that the reflection is not just looking at the beholder but also with a knowing look on its face.
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"No matter how cleverly you sneak up on a mirror, your reflection always looks you straight in the eye."
The title itself comes from her StudiVZ-account by the way (that's our German kind of Facebook, for those that are from elsewhere ^^) and we couldn't really find out what was the exact source for that.
It's a bit of Alice's sequel, it's a bit of Michael Endes "Der Spiegel im Spiegel" (the english version is called "Mirror in the Mirror: a labyrinth"), and it's a bit of Gaardners "Durch einen Spiegel, in einem dunklen Wort" (which is labeled "Through a Glass, Darkly" in English) I guess. And more, for sure.
Yet, I am very pleased that so many people see so many things in this pic. I'm really glad it "works".
Since ... you know ... seeing different things in it ... fits. As well.
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