The Self Portrait Anniversary

Many of the great artists of all time have immortalized themselves with self-portraits. The greatest of these demonstrate the artist’s incredible talent and conveys a personality each artist saw in themselves. Not every person can create a portrait as impressive as Rembrandt, but the process helps you look more deeply at yourself and captures a moment in history. Imagine, creating a portrait of yourself for every year, perhaps on New Year’s Day or your birthday. Imagine doing this with each passing year and inscribing on the back your top five recent memories and a message to your future self. The portrait could be a drawing, a painting, or photo. Keep a collection, revisit each moment in time as you age, and see how the years have changed you for better or worse.

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