Provided by the artist - Sarah Hobbs Denial - denial of self, putting something pretty, pleasing, and happy in place of one's own image in the mirror; motivated by a desire for happiness or a desire for everything to be good, normal, easy, foiled by not being able to see and come to terms with what needs to be improved, it is easier to cloak it
Source: From a lecture given by Sarah Hobbs at Augusta State University (29 September 2011)
