In your face!!

[velouria01]

I just read in the Courier-Journal that doctors in Louisville have the ability to perform face transplants. It's simply a matter of ethics that holds them back. So, of course, the fist image that came to mind was the hospital-face-switching-scene from Face Off. And then I realized that there are people out there who, for whatever reason, have horribly disfigured faces and this could be a way for them to get a life back. I know that I don't wanna go out when I have a stupid pimple, let alone if my whole face was ruined. So I can imagine the hope that this must create for some people. Although, what would it be ike to see someone else's face in the mirror for the rest of your life.

I was driving home before I read this article and I was thinking about how we see ourselves when we look in the mirror. I wonder if we see things that aren't there. We look at our faces sooooo often we must. And I was wondering what it would be like to go years without seeing your own face. Would you recognize the person in the mirror? Would you be able to relate the idea of yourself to the image of yourself? Would we become like out distant relatives who still send us birthday cards made for five year olds because they can't grasp the idea that we're changed?

Hmmm....thoughts to ponder.......

"I don't look at myself in the mirror cause I'm a narcasist, I simply like to watch myself exist."