*My perspective of what makes up an "ego" in simplest form is, how we may think people view us, and how we may be swayed to view others, judgement, misinterpreted views, categorizing and stereo-typing.
How we may view others says a lot about who we are, at least i feel it to be so.
*The first picture i created is about Selflessness, the person in the picture is representing a person who has no invasive thoughts of how people may view her or how she may view someone else. She is in a tranquil state of mind, happy with herself not paying any attention to the physical perception of the self. Purifying her thoughts and mind.. She does not care what she looks like.. etc. This person is only interested in who she is within and carelessly forgetting about the exterior.
*The second picture of a guy getting sucked into the mirror, it's a metaphor of the inner-self battling with the ego (the exterior self). How people can let their ego alter the perception of their reality.
*The third picture, what is money after the letters, symbols and fancy embossed sillouetts are erased? ...paper and metal. The thought of how we as a society and world put so much power into these objects its just silly. Which this can also tie into the perception of the ego as well for example, many people are judged by how much money they make or put into catagories by society by their jobs and what they do for a living, And all of it revolves around money.
*The last picture of the buddha head floating is representing the balance of it all, the ying and the yang, the positive and negative, and how to create a harmony with both. An interesting view buddhist have and also a practice of zen is... You must lose yourself in order to find yourself.
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