MIRROR LIES FROM PAINTED DIARIES OF A DREAMER

 

I often sat in front of the mirror wondering if what I was seeing was true.

Was the image in front of me real or was I real?

Now I couldn’t be in two places at once.Could I?

So my guess was I had a choice to make, a decision to take and it was important.

Where was reality? Was it across the glass of the mirror or was I part of it?

And if so, did I really have a choice?

That was a lot of interrogations for a nine year old with a curious mind.

Nobody around seemed to wonder about such things, I felt isolated with such thoughts and I knew that if I wanted answers, I would have to find them myself.

The more I looked into the mirror, the more I was curious to know if I wasn’t looking at somebody else who just happened to be staring back at me and wondering about the exact same thing.

Could it be possible that like every other living creatures on this planet I had a twin who was a prisoner of the mirror world?

This question was on my mind for a long time and although I never really found the answer that would satisfy me. It became an amusing thought and a concept I would later use in the creation of artworks.

I did eventually come to a conclusion that eased my mind.

Bodies are material and material can be shaped so can minds and the mirror helped me shape my way of seeing the world or what we call reality in fact.

I came to view reality as a mystery, an intriguing one at that, yet one that would determine the rest of my life and give shape to my goals.

My science is now one of acceptance as opposed to questioning and in my laboratory I am the guinea pig.

I observe as I am observed by others thus I gather impressions and foolishly abandon myself to the strongest of all impressions; the one we call life.

I don’t believe all that I see though I always appreciate seeing it, just as I don’t question what I don’t see but I never reject it since that would deprive me of wonderful impressions. Wouldn't it?

Mirror lies, yes! But only if  there's a single truth inside of you.

I don’t question life anymore, now I paint and write my own truth and whether people agree with me or not, doesn’t really matter!

                             LorAnge

If everyone agreed with each other, how boring would that be.

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I read others' journals to see different points of view. I already know mine.

My thinking exactly Sevina, thanks for breaking the silence here my friend.

As always, a great read! Hope you have a great weekend!

I remember sitting infront of the mirror like that as well when I was a child. Wondering about the other side since I knew it was there and wondering what I was going to do next when I got up from my chair on the other side of the mirror.

I find right now myself in awe while reaading this post thinking how amazing it is that I was not the only one thinking those thoughts.

thankyou for opening my eyes
amanda

Well even if it is a character in a book that one relates to while reading...it does something to ones soul doesn't it?

How wonderful it is for me to discover that I was not the only child with such thoughts. Thank you so very much for responding to this post and reassuring me that I wasn't the only one thinking about that other dimension that was so near and yet so far. Have a great day AmandaMagick.

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