Location Taken: Banff National Park, Alberta
Time Taken: June 2010
How many days have you spent where you didn’t see a mirror all day long?
It can’t be very many. Every bathroom has one, even run-down gas station ones that require a key to get into. The only ones I recall visiting that didn’t have a mirror were lacking other key things as well, such as running water.
It’s oddly creepy, having these things all over. Just a scrap of flat glass with silvering on the back, staring at you. Showing you who you are. Or at least what you look like. Well, sort of. It’s the reverse of what you actually look like, a visual illusion crafted by a simple device.
Did you know, once you get accustomed to how you look in the mirror, you’ll always find your image in photographs to look off somehow. The illusion becomes so persuasive that the reality seems false.
Don’t like the concept of a false self image? Good luck getting away from it. The mirrors are everywhere.
