In one of the most famous Dove films, Real Beauty Sketches explores the gap between how others perceive us and how we perceive ourselves. Each woman is the subject of two portraits drawn by FBI-trained forensic artist Gil Zamora: one based on her own description, and the other using a stranger’s observations. The results are surprising. . .
OR IS IT. . . ?
T R U T H
Sometimes the very mirrors we look into
are so disturbingly smashed
that they don’t throw back any semblance
of who we truly are. . .
T R U T H
Sometimes we see ourselves
as we truly believe we are
instead of how others see us. . .
T R U T H
Maybe one of our greatest strengths
is the one we use
the least:
SHOWING OTHERS THE ABSOLUTE BEAUTY WE SEE IN THEM
. . .letting others see themselves
as we see them
but not once
or not once in a while
. . .but
e v e r y t i m e
all the time. . .
Go ahead,
take another look. . .
A LONGER LOOK
Are you more beautiful than you think. . . ?
Uhhhhhhhh, maybe you’re the wrong person to ask
THAT QUESTION. . .
Maybe the best way to see your greatest reflection
is in
o t h e r s