More specifically concerning: contrast
self-as-character
Thomas Patch, self portrait (late 1760s) A very beautiful woman who looks at her reflection in the mirror can very well believe that she is that. An ugly woman knows that she is not that. –Simone Weil (Gravity and Grace, p. 33) In our society the character one performs and one’s self are somewhat equated, […]
Crambe repetita (48)
Shen Fu, Six Records of a Floating Life