Do you need to see me?
Seth (who’s a lot of fun, and a great writer) suggested that I add a photo of myself to the front of the site. While this makes perfect sense to me from a design and networking point of view, I have to say that I don’t want to.
I know most people don’t like looking at pictures of themselves, but it’s more than that. It’s my skin that I don’t want to see, and I won’t want to look at my site if the eczema is glaring at me as soon as a page loads. (I know this is highly ironic given the focus of this site.)
If you couldn’t tell, my skin and I have a relationship based on necessary symbiosis, and very little affection. If I could replace it I would. Every time that I see my face in the mirror I hear the word ‘monster’ all over again.
Ironically, I used to be an artistic nude model (skin doesn’t really matter there) and many of photos of me were on the internet. But I’m far more comfortable with my bare artistically lit torso being on the net than my well it face. Odd I know.
What do you think? Should I put my photo on here?
