Everything has a reason of being, just like legs are in the bottom of the body to carry the body, or horses live in grasslands and not in glaciers. For this same reason, the eyes are in the face, so we can’t see ourselves. It is very curious that everybody that has seen you knows your face better than yourself. Maybe this is a simple self-esteem trick that the human and animal creator gave us, so we become more confident about ourselves, and don’t care about the perception of others towards us. Or maybe, it is the other way around, the sight of us is not available, because we should only see our view of things, and be very selfish.
In the myth, Echo and Narcissus, Narcissus first saw himself in the water reflection and didn’t recognize himself. “He stooped down to drink, and saw his own image in the water; he thought it was some beautiful water-spirit living in the fountain. He stood gazing with admiration at those bright eyes, those locks curled like the locks of Bacchus or Apollo, the rounded cheeks, the ivory neck, the parted lips, and the glow of health and exercise over all. He fell in love with himself.” In the case of Echo, Narcissus didn’t recognize that she was repeating what he was saying; he just kept on talking, as if it was a normal conversation. “One day the youth, being separated from his companions, shouted aloud, “Who’s here?” Echo replied, “Here.” Narcissus looked around, but seeing no one called out, “Come.” Echo answered, “Come.”
In addition, I believe the myth repeats itself, by repeating the same repetition. This means that, Echo repeated sound and used the sense of hearing. Meanwhile, Narcissus’s reflection repeated his face and used the sense of sight. Therefore, the myth repeats the same, and is constant but not in an obvious way.
jueves, 25 de septiembre de 2008
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