Across every medium and every era, audiences have instinctively searched for themselves in the stories they consume — a reflex as old as storytelling itself. A new Netflix adaptation of Lord of the Flies has prompted one critic to sit with an uncomfortable question: when we watch only for our own reflection, are we truly watching at all? The impulse to identify is not the problem; the problem is when it becomes the only lens we allow ourselves. To move from mirror to witness may be one of the quieter forms of growth art makes possible.
Why We See Ourselves in Art—and What We Miss When We Stop There
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