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"Self- Portrait" – A Study of the 'Self':

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Then <strong>the</strong> big "Who am I" question, which kept echoing between me and <strong>the</strong> mirror, was joined by a<br />

second question: Why am I doing this? What is really going on here? What kind <strong>of</strong> answers are <strong>the</strong>se<br />

portraits giving me? And that was <strong>the</strong> genesis <strong>of</strong> this study ― to research this method <strong>of</strong> self-<br />

investigation.<br />

If till now I have inquired into myself secretly, now I am opening an <strong>of</strong>ficial investigation. I return to <strong>the</strong><br />

'mirror stage', <strong>the</strong> developmental stage when a baby discovers himself as an object, exposed to himself<br />

and <strong>the</strong> world. Like that same baby who, filled with wonder, meets his own image, here I am, an adult<br />

but enough <strong>of</strong> a child to re-echo that imploring question: "Mirror, mirror, on <strong>the</strong> wall…"<br />

VIII<br />

ILS. 1: Partial <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Portrait

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