what happens when you look at your image in a mirror? what do you see there?
is it the face you saw 30 years ago? is it what you “would like” to see? do you see your ancestors reflected back to you?how can a simple, silvered piece of glass create so many questions? it is passive, without judgement, cold to the touch, reflecting only what is put in front of it. it tells us a version of truth in reflecting an external image. our culture is based on image, the image of youth and strength.as olders, we, most likely, no longer maintain that image. certainly we can do it artificially with facelifts, “anti-ageing” treatments, drugs which will place us back in the cult of youth.“our idea of beauty is impoverished now because beauty is reduced to good looks”, irish poet, john o’donohue writes in his classic book on celtic spirituality, anam cara.
he continues,” real beauty is a light that comes from the soul. sometimes in an old face, you see that light coming from behind the lines; it is a vision of the most poignant beauty”.your mirror reflect this beauty.look into your own eyes. you will see it there.