How Self-Portraits Brought My Messy, Honest, Beautiful Self into Focus

Source https://tinybuddha.com/blog/my-messy-beautiful-self-finally-in-focus-how-self-portraits-became-love-letters-to-my-soul/

“And then I realized that to be seen by others, I first had to be willing to see myself.” ~Anonymous

In a world that teaches us to be visible only when we’re polished, productive, or pleasing, I found something unexpected on the other side of my camera: myself.

But not the filtered version. Not the composed one or the “smiling because I’m fine” version.

I found the person I’d forgotten—the one who had spent years loving, giving, showing up for everyone else but rarely turning any of that tenderness inward.

I didn’t pick up the camera to take pretty pictures. I picked it up because I was afraid I’d disappeared.

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Source https://tinybuddha.com/blog/my-messy-beautiful-self-finally-in-focus-how-self-portraits-became-love-letters-to-my-soul/

“And then I realized that to be seen by others, I first had to be willing to see myself.” ~Anonymous

In a world that teaches us to be visible only when we’re polished, productive, or pleasing, I found something unexpected on the other side of my camera: myself.

But not the filtered version. Not the composed one or the “smiling because I’m fine” version.

I found the person I’d forgotten—the one who had spent years loving, giving, showing up for everyone else but rarely turning any of that tenderness inward.

I didn’t pick up the camera to take pretty pictures. I picked it up because I was afraid I’d disappeared.

<h3 sty…

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