Here’s a curious concept you might ponder today:
Humanity has only, within the last 3-5000 years (and really only in the last few hundred) been able to few their own visage in a mirror.
Prehistoric humans never knew what they, themselves, looked like. Sure they could look into a clear pond (or often a wide darken bowl) and hope it was still and thereby get some idea of their appearance. But mirrors came to be — for the wealthy — only a few millennia ago (copper and bronze polished things that barely worked “through a mirror, darkly”) and with silvered glass, only about 200 years ago.
[Wikipedia has a brief history of the mirror.]
My thoughts are with those folks before the Greeks, Egyptians, and Sumerians (Narcissus did looked into a pool and fall in love, and Socrates talked about being able to see one’s image). Imagine going through life never knowing what you looked like. Do I look like pa? Or ma? Oof! The mystic man there is one ugly dude, do I look like him?
We take so many things for granted today. Being able to see one’s self in a mirror is one we seldom consider. Is is possible that superficial vanity, the vanity of appearance, came to be only in the recent past? How would your thoughts of yourself change were you to have never seen yourself in a mirror?
Anonymole - apocryphal agitators 
If Mrs C and I lived in earlier times, I’d make it to dinner on time more. 😉
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I was inspecting a mesolothic tomb today! I took photos of what they drew – no faces, interestingly
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What fun! I’m envious. The concept that the British Isles were all part of Europe when the ice age was in full swing boggles the mind (Yes, much earlier than the Mesolithic age, still, fascinating times.)
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Doggerland — I knew it had a funny name.
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Is that where the term dogging comes from? 😀
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Humanity hasn’t stopped looking in the mirror since! The selfie is one long, never ending look! We are fascinated with ourselves and can’t see beyond our nose…
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Mirror, mirror in my Me, Myself and Iphone
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God is good. He looks like me.
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BTW, I did something in my latest blog responding to your literary critique…I didn’t just say “if looks could kill…” check it out if you have time. Love your input as always!
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