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Seeing Yourself Through the Eyes of Others
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We should know our own faces better than anyone. We have grown up with them. We see them in the mirror. And yet we often fail to see the beauty that others see in us. As the great psychotherapist Carl Jung wrote, “The most terrifying thing is to accept ourselves completely.” This film, presented by the consumer products company Unilever's Dove brand, explores the difference between self-perception and the way we are seen by others by documenting an interesting experiment: a forensic artist prepared sketches based on the self descriptions of a number of women as well as portraits based on the description of people who had only just met them. The results were eye-opening.
Be The Change
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Watch Gil Zamora, the forensic artist whose artwork drove the experiment, discuss his participation and the lessons he learned.
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Self-image is often a function of social conditioning. Read the story of the teen girl who forced Seventeen Magazine to stop airbrushing photographs of the models who appear in their pages.
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Remind your friends that they are beautiful – and remind yourself of the same thing.
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I will definitely have a happier, healthier Native American Heritage Month now. Xeli Wanishi (many thanks) from delaware, usa
See the beauty in others.