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Candid
"Incomplete and fleeting though it may be, the face
is an unveiling, like the unveiling of the Mystica in Pompeian wall-paintings.
Nobody has ever had a direct sight of his or her own face, it can only
be seen with the help of a mirror. Faces are not for their owners, but
for others and for God. Faces are silent words. The face is the most vital
part of the body and the most sensitive since in it are located the organs
of sense. Whether we like it or not, it is the part of oneself which one
reveals to the world at large. It is the ego laid bare in part and far
more revealing than the rest of the body."
-A Dictionary of Symbols, Jean Chevalier
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