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  1. #suisen #水仙の花 #narcissus

    how do we contemplate the #myths of ourselves? when does #selfgaze lean into #selfabsorption? there is no myth of narcissus without the myth of #echo. when narcissus rejects her, she wastes away until only her voice remains. he turns to self contemplation.

    Often, we turn away from those who don't reflect to us the way we see ourselves. Self gaze rises in isolation.

    We are composites, of who we think we are and who people show us we are, each gaze correcting the other