Perspective

Here's a little exercise for our readers at home. Go into your bathroom, or anywhere else in your house (or apartment) where you have a big mirror and plenty of light. Start by staring at yourself, try and decide if that is really you. Have you really gotten that pudgy under the chin? Is that your hair? Are those your eyes?

When that starts to get uncomfortable, start whispering to the person in the mirror. Pretend that you are talking to a stranger. Explain who you are and why you are talking to them. Don't talk to loud, not only will people notice, it will ruin what comes next. Eventually your perception of the situation will shift, just like when you stare at a line drawing of a cube for too long. Up becomes down, or in this case you are no longer talking; you are listening to that other person. Next, try and let go of your speech. Really focus on what is coming from the mirror. This will cause your doppelganger to start speaking in a glossolalia of nonsensical syllables. But peppered in there, amongst the garbage, might well be something of interest, something you hadn't thought of before.