I thought I’d posted this a month ago—I guess one of me forgot to…
One of the things I had to do for school was take my own picture for my ID card. It’s the first time I’m using the front camera on my phone, and as I’m starring back at myself trying to get something flattering out of the comically wide, near‐fisheye lens, I realize my face is lopsided and the lens is only partially responsible for my skewed appearance.
With my ID photo sent off, me and my tilt‐a‐whirl face head back to Photoshop to try something I’d read about a while back, about seeing our other faces—the ones hidden right (or left) in front of us.
The centre photo above is direct from my camera, appearing as I would if you were looking at me. The photo to the left is my face with the left side copied and flipped to the right side. It’s what I would look like if my right face was perfectly symmetrical to my left face. The photo to the right is my face with the right side copied and flipped to the left side. It’s what I would look like if my left face was perfectly symmetrical to my right face.
The results are curious. Once face certainly looks more familiar to me as me, but the other one, who is also me, isn’t as familiar, but I know is also me.