By its own lovely face, and yet it must seek at last
An end, a pure, total freedom, it must will the mirrors
To shatter and the kind night to erase the water.
— Kamala Das (The Old Playhouse)
You know Narcissus, the guy who sees his reflection on the water, fall in love with it and drowns. He story is told as a cautionary tale; don’t get involved with yourself, it’s harmful, it’s narcissistic… but, fact is, narcissism is the key to everything, what you want to achieve, do, be, anything.
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