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    PAUL TRACHTMAN

    Mythologies of Self

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    MS 00 Self portrait-no sleep-too much tequila

    The philosopher Wittgenstein insisted that some things cannot be said, but they
    can be shown.

     

    The self is a myth of that kind.

     

    It’s what I’m looking for when I draw a portrait.

     

    A friend once sent me a text message asking herself: “Who am I? Where am I? What the fuck am I doing with my life? Argh.”

     

    I was drawing a series of portraits of her at the time.

     

    I don’t know what she sees in the portraits, but I’m still drawing her mythic face.