Variations on a Theme
-Respondent A: Self-consciousness. -Respondent B: Trying to look at herself but she doesn't even know who she is. -Respondent C: Mistrust but also apprehension, I'm worried for her. -Respondent D: Disorientation. -Respondent E: She's trying to find herself. It's like she's looking at her reflection but her brain can't recreate in her mind the features of her face as a whole. -Respondent F: Rejection. but also consciousness of guilt. -Respondent G: Confusion. -Respondent H: Lost identity
A: -Respondent A: Different sides to the same person. -Respondent B: reaching out for help. -Respondent C: Reaching out for help and to help. -Respondent D: Paradox. -Respondent E: Mystery. Even in the reflection I can’t see your face. B: -Respondent A: Pain. -Respondent B: Can't decide whether she’s climbing up or falling. -Respondent C: Sliding down. -Respondent D: Disbelief. -Respondent E: Scratching her own face in the reflection. -Respondent M: Holding on to reality.
-Respondent A: Light in the dark? I’m not sure if it’s good.. -Respondent B: biology, the body, living thing. -Respondent C: A dog on a leash, submission, loss of dignity. -Respondent D: Darkness. -Respondent E: I don’t like how the lights are not bright enough to illuminate your body and your face. And it looks like a noose, rather than a necklace to me. -Respondent G: Rose-thorn necklace, or barbed wire also.
-Respondent A: Self-consciousness. -Respondent B: Trying to look at herself but she doesn't even know who she is. -Respondent C: Mistrust but also apprehension, I'm worried for her. -Respondent D: Disorientation. -Respondent E: She's trying to find herself. It's like she's looking at her reflection but her brain can't recreate in her mind the features of her face as a whole. -Respondent F: Rejection. but also consciousness of guilt. -Respondent G: Confusion. -Respondent H: Lost identity