Self Portrait Tuesday: Reflective Surface # 4
Posted on | December 27, 2005 | 9 Comments
This is me doing my long lanky leg thing in the dual mirrors in my inlaw’s bathroom. I’ve always been told I’m a bit of a gorilla because my legs and arms seem to be disproportionately long in comparison to my body. And to capture a reflection of myself, in a reflection of myself, I had to do a fair amount of contorting. Like trying to write using a mirror, I kept bumping into walls expecting my body to be going in the direction of my reflection. Sometimes I feel a bit like this, especially after not having a minute to myself in a house full of second generation Italians, a first generation Korean and a baby—-as though the different pieces of me bump up against themselves, and at the end of a day all that’s left are a few disembodied thoughts that don’t quite sum me up, but almost do.
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I am Christina Rosalie
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December 27th, 2005 @ 2:24 am
When I opened this page I just couldn’t help laughing out loud! I remember growing and never knowing where my limbs were and feeling so damn disproportionate. There was a lot of humor in that situation and you actually capture that in this shot. I really love it!
December 27th, 2005 @ 6:10 am
You crack me up. It took me several seconds to figure out how you must have been standing in order to take that shot. Hee!
December 27th, 2005 @ 11:08 am
working with mirrors isn’t easy sometimes… you did good! imagine the surprise if one of your in-laws would have walked in when you were taking this shot
December 27th, 2005 @ 12:02 pm
That’s a great pic!!! ROFL! My first thought is I wonder if her in-laws heard her banging around in the bathroom and wondered what she was doing!
December 27th, 2005 @ 1:28 pm
You are too funny! This picture made me laugh. And if you are a gorilla, you are a very lovely one indeed.
And surely the upside of being stuck in a houseful of Italians is lots of good food? Right?
December 27th, 2005 @ 5:20 pm
so funny. I love the description of your SPT.
December 27th, 2005 @ 6:30 pm
This is great! I am smiling at this image in my head of a gorgeous gorilla.
December 27th, 2005 @ 7:10 pm
I’m someone who can get easily confused trying to ‘use’ mirrors…so kudos to you for pulling this off! Gorilla, schmorilla…I have no doubt that your limbs are every bit as gorgeous as the rest of you.
January 5th, 2006 @ 4:07 pm
I love this. and the dancer (ha, more like dance teacher) in me loves that beautifully flexed foot.