"Tragedy"s and Comedies

The mirror is a tool we use daily to transform ourselves from the mess we wake up as, to the person we want to present to the world.  The mirror is simply a tool to shield our egos from the outside world.  There, you become someone you feel better about.  We use the mirror to put on our make-up to cover our physical flaws and to manipulate our hair out of its natural state.  Some days you look in the mirror and like the person that is looking back at you.  Other days you despise it…  In the mirror you suck in your gut and imagine the person you could be if you could just lose those last five pounds…  In the mirror you imagine how great your body used to be – although, you never liked the way it looked in the mirror then either.  The mirror shows you all the physical flaws you want to fix.  The mirror is more a weapon than a tool.  It is only helpful physically a little.  Most of the time, it is detrimental emotionally.  It is ironic how those that look in the mirror and like what they say are described as vain.  We describe them negatively.  Is it really so bad to look in the mirror and like what you see?  I wonder what the world was like without mirrors.  There were always reflections of course but they were probably not regarded the same.  I wonder how the world would be if no one used a mirror for a week…  Of course, that would be virtually impossible as they are necessary for driving.  I mean for vanity purposes though.  What if we were not able to fix our make-up, do our hair, check our teeth?  I wonder what that week would be like…