Veils of Many Colors

I made this self portrait some time ago for a QuiltArt Magazine challenge. Somehow it suited me. It was me and yet it wasn't me. I realized that I like this piece because it shows what I actually think about presenting myself to the world. We all have a persona , or a veil color, of one sort or another. There is generally one for work, one for home , one for parties, one that no one else but you ever sees. You get my drift. Each of us is a composite of many colors, many facets.

I like to think that we all have veils of many colors - one for home, one for work, one for parties, one for art, one for real - that's the "UN-VEIL". All of the veils are useful, but no single veil is a complete picture of who the person underneath really is. The veil that a person may see me surrounded by is their impression of who and what I am - not nearly the reality. I think that one reason that very close friendships and marriages take work to remain strong and healthy is that, over time, we start to see under the veils - and it isn't always a peaches and cream complexion under there ! To love and really know a person we have to be able to a their faults and weaknesses - along with all of the pretty colors. We have have to be able to know and love ourselves - with all of our many veils - as well.

I'm not sure where this all came from - or why. Every time I look at my self portrait I start to think of veils and what we present to the world - that's all I guess. What color is your veil today?