Lisa J. Scott

The MirrorHeld Twice

A reflective work about perception, orientation, and the act of seeing again.

A full-color paperback featuring beautiful artwork and thoughtfully designed interiors.

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The supplied Mirror artwork opens into two mirrored garden worlds: teal water and trees on the left, peach light and pink flowers on the right, joined by a glowing seam. Embedded artwork text reads: Mirror 1, Meaning assembled from response. Mirror 2, Meaning originates within.

Ordinary moments, held twice.

First through expectations

Ordinary moments are held twice: first through expectations, external reflection, and other people’s interpretations, then from a more internally anchored position.

Then from an internally anchored position

Lisa J. Scott examines how dependence on external validation can distort self-perception, and how internal orientation can reduce that distortion without eliminating uncertainty.

Lisa J. Scott holding The Mirror Held Twice beside an ornate mirror.
Lisa J. Scott

Observational rather than prescriptive

A position from which to return.

The book does not promise a final answer.

It offers a position from which to return: remaining present, seeing clearly, and listening to others without handing them authorship of the self.

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A full-color paperback featuring beautiful artwork and thoughtfully designed interiors.

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PAPERBACK · FULL COLOR · ISBN 9781971735566

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