Yesterday I actually managed to cross more items off my list than I added, enough that the list seemed visibly shorter. Today not so much, although I did managed to cross off three items while I adding only two
One of those items was finally getting a mirror, which is now leaning against a wall in the guest bedroom, still in its box, although fully functional. Here I am checking it out immediately after bringing the mirror into the house wearing items that have become basics in my wardrobe since moving to Knoxville. Although I had a couple of these pieces before moving, I probably wouldn't have worn them together before, I don't know why. Perhaps I just fret less now.
Elieen Fisher tee (2012)
J Crew Skirt (2011)
Michel Kors platform sandals (2011)
I am not convinced that having the mirror will change much in terms of how I am dressing. I feel like I have explored style and expectation and now I just want to get dressed. Sometimes I'll get it "right" sometimes I won't, although the mirror will help me discern when things are way off, not that anyone else would be as critical as I myself tend to be.
Having a mirror will certainly make it easier to take a full length photo, even with stacks of paintings still stacked up against the wall in the background. I still think I find the camera more telling. Something about the flattening and two-dimensionality of the photographic image, even a photo of me looking in a mirror, seems to impose a layer of separation between me and the image of me. In the mirror I am far too prone to see my expectations of myself. It will be useful however, when I start looking at the various items in my closet that I am not yet wearing, trying to weed out the keepers and the losers.
