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1. “Narcissus Narcosis” spoke to me due to T h i s i s C a ra va g g i o ’s N a r c i s s u s , a v e r y This photo of the author attempts
its dark interpretation of the Narcissus c l a s s i c a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e my t h . We t o c o m b i n e t h e t w o. I t i m p l i e s t h e
my t h . T h e n a r c o s i s p o r t i o n o f t h e have the young Narcissus, having just unconscious, obsessive thought “I’m
image, i.e. the unconscious, obsessive s p u r n e d E c h o ’s l o v e , n o w d o o m e d t o l o v e d o i n g j u s t f i n e ,” c o u p l i n g i t w i t h t h e
s e l f-a d u l a t i o n t h i s i m a g e s u g g e s t s , i s h i s r e f l e c t i o n . H e w a s t e s a w a y, s h u t t i n g t ra d i t i o n a l m i r r o r / r e f l e c t i o n a s s o c i a t e d
d e l i g h t f u l l y c r e e p y. I t s e e m s t o t h e a u t h o r out the world because his love will never with Narcissus. The smirk and lip gloss
as though much of our online presence be consummated, and so he is consumed s p e a k t o va n i t y, a s w e l l a s t h e f a c t
s c r e a m s t h e s e l f- i n d u l g e n t va n i t y t h a t with unrequited passion. Much less t h a t t h e a u t h o r l o o k s i n t o t h e c a m e ra ,
eventually sent Narcissus to his death. sinister than the previous image. b r i n g i n g a n o t h e r l e v e l o f s e l f-a d u l a t i o n .
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2. “Narcissus Narcosis” “Caravaggio’s Narcissus” “I’m doing just fine” concept
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Narcosis-69928350 Caravaggio_065.jpg Masking, warming filter, violet filter, lens blur
Binaebi Akah » Project 8ab I590 Spring 2010
Something New (& Digital), Something Old, Something You