Well, I think there's a lot more detail to delve into, and distinctions to make. Ghandi is a really good example, because he is such a legend. I doubt how he saw himself resembled what the world saw. And I have no idea if he had some ideal image of himself that he wanted to internalize and project.
I suppose I like the word Model much better, because an Image indicates a snapshot. A picture can only show one facet of a person, which is inadequate when we are so many things in so many different circumstances, some of which are incongruous. I'm guessing any disagreement we have is only terminology. I'm certainly not in any position to say that you present yourself other than who you are. I suppose I'm just responding to the idea that your image of yourself defines who you are, as in most things in life, this is only partially true. I know, for myself, being thirty, am just really beginning to figure out who I am. My person has balked at any of my attempts to form a single image of myself. On Dec 31, 5:09 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't see as much of the focus on self image as a facade. While self > image can be and many time is a facade there is such a thing as a self > image based upon truth identity. Was Gandhi's self image BS? Self > model, self image; where is the difference? In light of apparent > misleadings run rampant in our society I can see how the first > inclination leans towards identifying self images as falsehoods. I'm > thinking on these lines because I feel the my personal self image is > not a facade or a marketing strategy and never purport myself to be > anything over and above that which I am. Then again in retrospect I > can see why many times throughout my life I was duped by people who's > self image was highly based upon BS, while I was thinking, and I still > do, that there was more integrity in a persons self image. > > On Dec 31, 4:20 pm, Lonlaz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It seems to me that asserting a self-image is akin to a marketing > > campaign, where you are trying to fool a) Yourself and b) Others. > > I've found it more hepful to build what I think of as a self-model, as > > opposed to a self-image of myself including my known leanings/ > > limitations. > > > Of course, every once in a while one finds the need to market one's > > self, just don't buy your own BS. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
