Jack’s Winning Words 6/13/18
“It is of no use to blame the looking glass if your face is wry.”  (Nikolai Gogol)  I saw that Amazon has a Fun House mirror priced at $30.32.  Maybe you have one in your bathroom.  The mirror, as we know it, goes back about 200 yrs…but ancient people saw their reflection, using a still pool of water.  Do you remember Narcissus?  It’s said that “mirrors don’t lie.”  But, they can’t show the inner person…and, after all, that’s what’s important about who we are.    ;-)  Jack

FROM EDUCATOR PAUL:  Trump looking at himself in the mirror and  rehearsed ,,,…  In all seriousness, the mirror never lies is such an interesting concept to me.  It speaks to the concept of objectivity.  What is real and what isn’t?  Can two people look at the same object and see two totally different things?  Which is constant,,,the object or the way it’s reflected?  fun stuff to think about!
====JACK:  I'm sure that the doctors have a way of proving it, but I, too, have wondered if there's agreement in what we see...like with hearing.  Our minds process things in different ways.

FROM FACEBOOK LIZ:  mirrors are only 200 years old===JACK:  I was referring to mirrors as we know them.  Of course, people seeing reflected images in other ways goes back to the beginnings of mankind.  Eve probably used a kind of mirror for primping.

FROM WALMART REV:  ...been thinking of replacing our bathroom mirror of late...we’ve had it since purchasing our house in late 1999...the reflection has faded quite noticeably now, showing a more aged  and worn image of myself?! 0;-)===JACK:  Mirrors only reflect what they see.  The new mirror "sees" what the old one "sees."  BTW, if you seem to be having troubles with your mirror, remember this quote by Emerson..."As we grow old…the beauty steals inward."

FROM JLF:  That’s a good one.  btw, I got your WW a day early. It’s still Tuesday here in Hawaii! :-). Ha===JACK:  Does the mirror in Maui show the smile broader in Maui than on the mainland?

FROM LPB:  The mirror has the reflection but sometimes I think my familiar mental image obscures what I see. After not seeing someone in a while do you find that they have changed rapidly? Kids get older, friends get older, fatter, thinner, grayer,... maybe it's just that the time gap forces a reset of the familiar. On a different track, I've heard that dressing room mirrors are slightly skewed to make the viewer look taller and thinner so that you will want to buy what you try. Ah, perception. Let us not blame the looking glass when our perception blocks the view.===JACK:  To me, you're beginning to look more and more like your mother...or, is she beginning to look more and more like you?  and...I've never heard abouting dressing room mirrors being altered, but I can believe it.  Have you ever heard the song, "You're So Vain"?  (No, it's not about you.)===LBP:  Always have looked like her. We’re just off by 30 yrs. match photos of us by age and it’s eerie===JACK:  Both of you should be honored..

FROM OUTHOUSE JUDY:  Your Words seem to be perfectly picked sometimes!  We were just telling the grandkids this fable!  How appropriate!  Those fables are wonderful for making points and we like to use Bible Stories and Fables to illustrate issues   As for a Funhouse mirror, I’d rather have them than the ones I have.===JACK:  God doesn't care what the mirror says.  One of my favorite campfire songs..."He's got his eye on you.  He's got his eye on you.  My Lord sittin' in the kingdom, he's got his eye on you."  You can substitute any name for "you."  Names like Judy, Gary, etc.