What doleful thing
man has devised!
Standing before it
means standing before oneself.
One who questions in front of it
at once finds himself questioned.
Moreover,
why is it you have to step backward
in order to move farther inside?
– Kikuo Takano, “Mirror” in Like Underground Water: The Poetry of Mid-Twentieth Century Japan
Notes – Poem via Schonwieder (via 1910). Photo: Laura Zalenga
Or, look in the mirror every morning, grin and say “I’m back!”😉
I’m still LAUGHING! I can see you saying this.
I really do this…
I couldn’t be more certain if anything. 👍
Laughing…probably too much information, but oh well..😉
we have to step away at times, to really see –
Yes. That’s it.
Ummmmm….Need. More. Coffee.
Smiling. You so get this.
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Thanks for sharing.
Because according to a study conducted by The New York Times 83% of us believe they’re above average.
More Fake News! 😀
Alternative facts! 😁😁😁
Brilliant!
And may be the 83% will change if we look in the mirror!
Genius. You are genius!
Facing reality is a good thing, it tests the ego’s ability to accept the truth ❣
Smiling. Yes. Truth, that evasive thing. 🙂
I often avoid those kinds of things (mirrors), used for mere necessity. Otherwise I see an old woman looking back, and that’s not who I am.
Smiling. Young upstairs, me too!
Reflective, examination…sometimes some people look to much and get caught up in outer appearance, never taking the time to delve inward to find one’s inner beauty …..one must conquer the past and move forward…I’ve been up for hours (little sleep) and yet to look in the mirror, to tired and I know who I am, a work in progress.
Smiling. “Inner beauty…work in progress” – you work magic with words.
Imagine if we didn’t have mirrors? I think a lot of our problems might be solved right there. Our self-reflection would only be inward and not based on the illusion in front of us.
That simple, huh? Take the mirrors away and I’m good?
It’s a good start Mr K 😬
Now I wonder, what will I see, when the person in the mirror, stares back at me.
Ha. So me too!
Interesting perspective on moving backwards to step further inside….
Yes. Very much so.