The camera catches things the mirror can’t.
The way we hide.
The way we avert our eyes.
We can trick the mirror because we are the one on the other side.
You can’t trick the camera.
It has its own tricks, to be sure, but its gaze is more penetrating than the mirror.
We have control over what the mirror will reflect.
The camera will see us as it sees fit.
We don’t always like what it sees.
Sometimes, we want the lies that only the mirror can tell.
Because yes, it has two sides.
We can believe the lies.
We want to believe in them.
Life is easier when cradled in a cocoon of untruths.
Laura Argiri once wrote in her magnificent book ‘The God in Flight’, “Growing up is the slow process of learning to tell oneself the truth.â€
Forty-three years into this life, I find it may be time to grow the fuck up.
PVRTD
The New Project
NOVEMBER 2018
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