Few people look in the mirror and think they look terrific all the time. Distortions the mirror reflects may be especially harmful when suffering from body dysmorphia. Disturbances and inaccuracies of body image may lead to feelings of embarrassment, shame and anxiety. The following poems explore the relationship of body image and the mirrors reflections.
This book is up for interpretation as the viewer, but I really wanted to show the feelings conveyed in the background of the book with that dark warped gradient, inspired by the anatomy of a body. As far as the text goes, poems that talk about body dysmorphia are seen on the left, while poems about the mirrors reflection are on the right. Together, side by side, they showcase the idea of distortions in the mirror. The dysmorphia text is warped, bulged, and stretched, which is how many with this disease view their bodies, while the mirror text is put into a frame, much like a mirror, and is reflected back on one another.
Poems provided by hellopoetry.
