{"id":315,"date":"2015-05-12T11:17:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/?p=315"},"modified":"2025-11-01T12:15:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T18:15:15","slug":"looking-into-the-eyes-of-a-stranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/looking-into-the-eyes-of-a-stranger\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Into The Eyes Of A Stranger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015-05-008-1-1024x816.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-322\" style=\"width:475px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015-05-008-1-1024x816.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015-05-008-1-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015-05-008-1-768x612.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015-05-008-1-1536x1225.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015-05-008-1.jpg 1544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The stranger in the mirror<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Despite how many times we see images of ourselves, whether it be in a mirror or in photos, we always find ourselves looking into the eyes of a stranger. We see a human body in some state of repair or disrepair, yet we know that even this human body doesn\u2019t quite fit with what we feel about this human body. So much remains hidden in spite of standing naked in the image. How dare we say that we are \u201cauthentic\u201d beings?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beneath the surface of skin lies another dimension of \u201cself.\u201d We peer into our eyes hoping to catch glimpses of this mystery person. And, at the same time, we dare not look too deep into the shadows within for fear that we let loose the darkness hidden there, letting our demons out to define us to those we love and hold close. We are curious, cautiously curious. We grasp for a small glimpse of some aspect of ourselves that will affirm something positive about ourselves. With that small glimpse, maybe we could return to the outer image and find satisfaction with ourselves negating the impulse to go too deep into the inner landscape of \u201cself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It would be so much easier if \u201cwhat you see\u201d is \u201call there is.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite how many times we see images of ourselves, whether it be in a mirror or in photos, we always find ourselves looking into the eyes of a stranger. We see a human body in some state of repair or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/looking-into-the-eyes-of-a-stranger\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions\/323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}