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id, ego, super-ego

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Self-portrait, 2010.

Named for the three parts of Freud's structural model of the psyche. The id is made up of unconscious primal instincts. The ego is the conscious, organised mind. The super-ego is the critical, moralising conscience inherited from one's culture and society.
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I love how the shadow and figure both tell a different story. I think of the shadow as the id, willingly indulging itself (looking in the mirror). The figure is showing restraint and trying not to look into the mirror (superego, I guess). I suppose the ego would be represented as the reflection in the mirror, looking both at the figure and the shadow on the wall.

I guess that didn't really make any sense, but great shot, I love the concept behind this!