On Mirrors
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Mirrors are wonderful things
You don’t often find natural mirrors in the real world besides reflections on the water.
But now every
Modern mirrors are made by heating aluminum in a vacuum, which sticks to glass when evaporated. The process has become so cheap that the last time I went to IKEA I found an 4 pack of 30cm x 30cm for $8.99. The fact that I can buy a bunch of mirrors squares for less than 10 dollars seems pretty fun to me.
But wild mirrors are a whole other thing, most a city thing.
One of the perks of living in a city is that if you don’t want something and its worth some value, you can just put it on the sidewalk and it’ll be gone in minutes if not a few hours, breathing new life into old objects.
So sometimes you’ll encounter a wild mirror just sitting on the sidewalk.
They look so cool for a number of reasons:
- As you walk by them, they look like a portal to another world just because the frame is so small in comparison to the non-mirrored world.
- They’re usually at a resting tilt or angle, showing angles you might not usually see.
So if you see a mirror in the wild I invite you to take a photo.
Think about whats in the background, and what the mirror itself is showing, moving around until you find a composition you’re happy with.
Take care,
Tai