Nice composition.

leuk bedacht... hihi, zijn dat jouw benen ?

Als alleen !

Nice!

Now The only thing I see that is not working in this shot is your fantastic smile.....where did THAT go???

Wonderful photos! thanks for sharing your life with us

Verrrry interesting!

Health to you dear.

I looked up the definition and I think this qualifies as surreal. An interesting and very well composed image. In recent years my 93 year-old stepmother has fractured an elbow and both knees and torn an Achilles tendon but her mantra remains the same, "You've got to keep moving."

I love the flickr pic with a younger you.

What gorgeous pictures Andrea !

You have aged very well !

You were beautiful then and now, thanks for sharing.

Interesting composition Andrea. You are right about the ageing and function loss!

YOU ARE RIGHT!

I find that the happiest people I know are those that do not focus in their outward appearance to an excess. The most beautiful people I know are not "beautiful" in the modern since. But they have a beautiful spirit. Likewise, some of the "beautiful on the outside" people I know are not people that I allow in my very small circle. They are quite ugly inside.
Now about that function issue. You are SO right on there.

I love this shot and it's always good seeing you!!

I think you look great, and I love the artistic-ness of this shot. It would be wonderful done in Old Master-style, with dramatic lighting and shadows...

Salvador Dalí would approve of that title Andrea :) Great shot!

(a grape changes color when it sees another grape...something like that, right? I never quite understood what it meant, but I assume it meant that we age communally, we influence each other as we age, right? Close, I think. It would be nice if we got younger in the presence of youth, though I guess we do, in spirit.) But ok, with that drawing on flickr: Did you draw over that (beautiful) childhood portrait, with those lines? Or was that the work of the photography studio that developed it? I love the mix of treatments, whoever did it. I have baby shots of me with painted background and patching rough sections with brushwork. It was so common back then. In any case, it's a beautiful photo; and what a fascinating combination of that with the photo of you now.

As for you now, I agree with others that you have both beauty and depth in your face, and a kind of serenity that comes with age. And ths picture, next to those mannequin legs and another mirror, and with your (I assume) treatment of objects in the mirror, make for a still life of sorts, with your face as one of the subjects. I like the stark white wall next to the gilded frame, and the thermometer, which is a little like a clock, only it keeps temperatures instead of time. A measurer. An introspective penetrating portrait, Andrea, and I've always admired you for showing yourself without adornment: I don't mean without jewelry, but without efforts to 'pretty' yourself: In other words, showing yourself as you are, with expressions of introspection, lost in thought, etc. This is another of those portraits, and I love that you do this in photography and drawing. I've yet to do it with myself. You have a fairly penetrating gaze here, and there's something unadorned and very honest about it. I really like it.

And as for accepting one's looks, but not one's lack of function---I'm with you 100%. I like how I look at near 67; but when I leap off a rock, on a walk, and my legs collapse like an accordion, I think, holy s___, this is NOT what I bargained for! It takes a lot more maintenance to keep up at this age than it did even 10 years ago. That isn't my favorite...In any case, a wonderful self-portrait.

Indeed. I am always astonished at people who think the way things LOOK is more important than the way things ARE. I love the way you look, because you look exactly like you!

Love the image and your title. :)