Figure 1 – Double selfie in a store window, Kennebunkport, Maine. (c) DE Wolf 2015.

The great mythologist Joseph Campbell spoke of the hero’s journey and how everyone’s life is  a quest for the meaning of self.  Is it possible that the now ubiquitous selfie is not merely narcissism but an expression of that inward journey that takes you outward? That is kind of how I see the image that I took on Friday at Kennebunkport’s Dock Square, which I have simply entitled, “Double selfie in a store window.” There I am as a reflection both in the window and in held in the magic of the convex mirrors. I have been coming to the spot where I took this photograph for close to thirty years, and it does not take much to push me into Twilight Zone mode, where I wonder if the person down the tunnel of the convex mirror is me toady or me 25 years ago. There are so many conflicting reflections and there are so many sources of light, from inward light of the sun to the incandescent light of the lamp. I use the word conflicting because with the exception of the lamp base itself it is hard to sort out what is what, just as our lives are composed of a myriad of thoughts, memories, and events.

Look around you. Everyone is on their cell phone. Campbell has taught us that”