The Reflective Eclectic

How to Look at Everything Differently

Image by W.E. Hill

I keep this picture in my psychotherapy office. It’s on the bookcase facing the couch.

If you look at it one way, you see a young woman with a big hat, turned away from the viewer. If you look at it another, there’s an old woman in profile, said to be the artist’s mother-in-law. It’s impossible to see both at the same time. If you’re…