Ruminations on a long night.

[dolari]

I don't like looking into mirrors. Never have. And so what I can to avoid them. I looked in one today, and while one of the faces looking back was finally barely palatable, two others now look back that I am desperate to get rid of.

Does the fight ever end?

Comments

[jadaze.livejournal.com]

I haven't had a mirror in my room for... a long time. There's one on the back of my closet door, and it has a curtain tacked over it. Since I don't do my makeup anymore, mirrors are only for checking on things like the weird stuff my eyes did in response to allergens. :-P I actually forget what I look like sometimes, and am a bit startled when I catch my reflection in something.

TMI post #320.

6.6;;

[soltice.livejournal.com]

I don't think the fight ever ends. I think it's something we have to deal with throughout our lives. Although I'm not especially fond of mirrors, I don't try to ouright avoid them. I need to face that reflection everday, otherwise I'd make a monster out of it that's worse than the reality. I do not want to run away.

[missratbat.livejournal.com]

I often find myself staring at a mirror, trying to draw any kind of link between me and the face looking back.

[lisalees.livejournal.com]

There are beings who do not reflect in mirrors, and there are beings who reflect upon mirrors. I prefer to point a camera at mirrors and see what happens. Too bad gimp / photoshop doesn't work on bodies. Though wasn't there a Twilight Zone episode about everyone receiving the perfect body when they finished their teenage years? Ah, yes, "Number Twelve Looks Just Like You." Puts me in mind of THX-1138. And Pogo did say, "We has met the enemy, and it is us." Of course Pogo was furry, which would be a distinct advantage...

[gwenners.livejournal.com]

End? Hmn...

Over time, the mirror and I have had a chance to make up, even get comfortable with each other. This is not, however, to say that everything is good between us! I still look at it and find myself frustrated by my weight and such, or other things that, well, I wish were different. I guess I've just learned to live with it all, or to deal a bit better with the rough spots.

Cheers,
Gwen Smith

[ghostangel.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have days like that. Other muses sometimes taking hold and not letting go.

This comment will self destruct in 10 seconds. >_>

[fragment00.livejournal.com]

I don't much care for mirrors either.
although the post confuses me..
obviously the two others are something psychological because if I ever saw two other ppl in a mirror that weren't standing beside me I would have my entire house wired with video cameras.