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That was one of the problems with the Narcissus figure. Here is a face looking at a face, and the problem is the image of the thing is never actually the thing. You try and grab it and it's not there. It's water. It disappears.

Jane Alison

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Jane Alison
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 1
Novelist
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Narcissus
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