So as you know we did a module on identity. Gracie Kendal and Kristine Schomake are the same person, well kinda. Just to refresh your memory Kristine Schomake is a real person but she feels trapped in her body. She is overweight and is not content with herself. She creates Gracie as her avatar. Gracie is skinny and what Kristine sees herself as. In this photo Kristine sees her computer as a mirror and her reflection is Gracie. Both you and I can see clearly that these aren't reflections of each other. Because both me and you know that reflections are the same. To Kristine this is a reflection. To Kristine she sees herself like that so more power to her.
It is interesting because Kristine says, "Mirror, Mirror, on the wall..." and Gracie says, "You think I'm a mirror??" This is interesting because if Kristine sees this as herself you would think that Gracie would be agreeing. How I see it is that Gracie almost brings Kristine back to reality. She says no I am not a mirror on the outside what you see, but maybe a reflection on the inside. There are a few pictures with Kristine and Gracie looking into mirrors and they mean so much, maybe not to you and I but to Kristine it does. It seems like she wants to hope for the best but she looks in "real" mirrors and sees something totally different. When she looks into her computer screen "mirror" she sees what she likes.
I really enjoyed reading about his Gracie Kendal Project it was very interesting to me. Sad, emotional, powerful, but a lot of meaning.
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