Narcissus Saw Himself Only Once - by Phillip Whidden
“Due to the poor quality, high cost, and small size of these ancient glass mirrors, solid metal-mirrors primarily of steel were usually preferred until the late nineteenth century.” ~Wikipedia, “Mirror”
“I wonder if improvements in the way
That mirrors show us beauty in our youth
Has changed our basic make up. Has their sway
Distorted us like far too much vermouth?
If we are shown from adolescent years
How beautiful we are, then how can we
Now, in the age of photos’ new frontiers,
Resist the iPhone loveliness we see?
Until Rococco times no human saw
Himself or herself as all others did.
Oils made young Dorian stand in awe—
And look what that accomplished. God forbid.
__When I see young’uns posting selfie snaps,
____I want destruction of infernal apps.”
Narcissism to me is a part of society
the harm of it more than the good
we vote for less tax so we can afford to look after our bodies
while seeing the world in the palm of your hand
your phone a portal to people
to now compare yourself to
With Narcissus he saw his beauty.
he had not had the same exposure to the amount of people we have seen
he had not been surrounded by criticism from every media and mouth.
If we were to see our reflection in water, I do believe also that it would appear more beautiful, enchanting and addicting than snapping a selfie or checking yourself in car mirrors.
Reflection from water is the only natural and unman made way of seeing ourselves
It’s the first thing that got us here
We had to become him to be able to create such an aesthetic consuming society.
-'A picture is worth ten thousand words' as stated by Fred R. Barnard, of Printers' Ink, 10 March 1927-
Are we losing our communication through language while using the power of image to overload our sense of sight, disabling our speaking and listening skills?
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