Tag: mirror

For the greater part of human history the only people who knew exactly what we looked like as individuals were other people. When the best we could do for mirrors were bowls of various metals filled with clear water, or still pools which give a slightly concave or convex view of our faces we never…

They have always been fascinating, haven’t they? I wonder what the first people to have silver backed glass and not bronze, copper and water to look at themselves upon  really thought? Maybe a few screams? Must have been interesting to know they could now dress up and paint on their own makeup. I was given…