Art Of Making

There is much talk today of reinventing ourselves. Of course at the superficial level of cosmetics and outward appearance, something of this reinvention may well be achievable, yet much of what motivates this whole fashionable enterprise is little better than a deep sense of insecurity the desire to look younger, or slimmer, or whatever. For example, those who resort to plastic surgery, a facelift or tattoos, are often motivated by this deep sense of insecurity, and a lack of self-worth, in the misguided belief that what is superficial will be impressive and make them more acceptable and attractive to others. Yet all such attempts at self-improvement beg the question: What should the finished product look like? as well as that earlier question, Who am I and why was I created? For surely, if I have failed to come to terms with who I truly am, warts and all, and who I was created to be, then how on earth can I ever know what the so-called reinvented features, let alone the more subtle attributes, should become?
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