Scott Avett and Joni Mitchell, two of my favorite painters, actually both paint themselves a lot. It's not vain; it's a superpower to know what you look like -- not on the surface, but what you really look like. It's even more of a superpower to know and accept it. Now, here's the truly unattainable nirvana...what if you could actually know -- even love it? Most people are unaware of the story their eyes tell or the way their lines show us how often they've laughed. I don't want to be worried about my face or my body. I want to love it ... I wanted to know what I look like and not just accept it but completely embrace it.
-- Brandi Carlile, Broken Horses, p. 239
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