SELF-PORTRAIT IN A CONVEX MIRROR AAs Parmigianino did i, che right hand Bigger than che head chrus at the viewer Arn weRing easily avay, a though co prorect bs i adverise. A few leaded panes oie beams, fs Pleated musi, a coral sng rom tcpcehe Tag movement supporting the fee, which seins Toward and away like the hand Except thar iis in repose, Ie is what ig Sequestered. Vasai says, «Francesco ove day set himself in, te his own portrait, ooking ae heal that purpose Fi Ue mizor, such ais used by bese Bt condi caused a ball f wood tobe vale BY. turer, and haying divided it hell seg agebt tthe sine ofthe micron he ser himself Cth reat art co copy all that he sw abe alasse, rtisf his reflection, of which che porta’ 1s the reflection once removed. We gs chose to reflect only what he say Which was enough for his purpose: he duals f day or che density of che ighe Adhering to the face keeps it Lively and intact in a recurring wave Of asival. The soul establishes fel AUTORRETRATO EN ESPEJO CONVEXO semigianino, [a mano derecha Some cele ee Ie'gue tout. Unor cides sola, is vi eee monty sobie que te apo ernva, qe fla ee un movimiento so oy indore y retirindose como ee cle ee ee on _ Sustraldo, Die Vast sEranceeo ge puso wn tere fu retrat, 7 se mire con ese ppb ar ae eaneie ae Le gue un fos babes. Fara elo nd aun torero quel higers thr tok donde esprit y reduc al cama el ep, sma gm ace 3 cuanto velaen el espejon, Prinpamente so relo, dl qo el ieto eieleijo wm equi EB eps dei wl onto lo i fe gee iio prop igen Damizada, embalsumada, proyect a d de la ue a or dela oa esi de hcindose al rostro lo conservan Sure merc ou oh erent ee eg: Lal su flundo Uespejo convena la dstanca aumenta "1 okSignificantly; tha is, enough to make the point "hat the soul isa captive, treated humanely, kepe ThitsPension, unable to advance much farther ttt You lok asic inercepes the pies Bebe Clement and his cour were estupeficts ‘That senting co Vasc and promised ommion ‘That never materiale. The soul has to oan is, THe thowgh rests, bearing raindrops ac the ane, The sighing of autumn leave cones by the wind Poming be fee, ouside, ut ft mur sop Posing in this place. Ic must move site as possible. This i whae che poreraie says, But there is in that gaze a combination pe genderets, amssemene and rere, so power 4a ies restrain that one cannot look fon ong. i fee i too pln, The pity of i mac, Makes hor tears spurt: that the co Has no secret, is small, and it fits Its hollow perf nl is not 2 soul, ly: its toom, our moment of attention, That is the tune but there are no words, ‘The words are only speculation (From the Latin speculum, miter} They seek and cannot find the meani We se only postures ofthe dream, Riders of the motion that swings the face Into view under evening shies, with no pulse disartay as proof of authenticiey But itis life englobed, One would lke to stick one’s hand ing of the music, 12 decir, Jo bastante para apuntar Tees, wumanitariamente, mante- the el alma es un eautvo,raado h ines az de avanzar hasta mucho mis allé de ex mada cnndo intercept lcd. om Papa Clemente yo core se giao on Supe les Ha ha perma: donde aque nunca semat esti, de Ilva en el cristal, aunque se inguiete, oyendo gous sicieal, eleutprc dens jos d oto szgud ore vie anhelando estar libre, fuera, pero debe quedar gotand en ete io, Debé oven Te menos pol, so elo que di leat, ro hay en a mide Hf ne combina ae Y psn pods — concecin qt no no puede mine mucho Ge El secreto es demasiado evident Encuce subi dd Inne brotar Mgrimas caliente: que 7 alma no es alma, ccreto, es pequelia,y encaja 7 tn su hueoperfecamene fui, nuestro momen de atencibn, sa es la melodia pero no hay letra La letra es sdlo cosa ee. emos an slo poss del iy Jnter clades oncane que ace spre eles bajo clo de tars {also desalio como prueba de autenticidad. Pero es a vida englobada. Uno querrla sacar la mano 3Our of the globe, bur its dimension, What caries i, will not allow it No doube its this, nt the reflex To hide something, which makes the hy ‘As itreteats slightly. Thece is no way To build it flat like a section of wale Te must join the segment of a cicle, Roving back to the body of which fc seems Cpnlikely 2 part, eo fence in and shore up the face On which the effort ofthis condition read, Like & pinpoint of a smile,» spark Or star one is not sure of having seen As darkness resumes. A perverse light whose Amperative of subtlety dooms in advance ine mei to light up: unimportane but mean Francesco, your hand is big enough To wreck the sphere, and too big, ‘One would think, to weave delicate meshes That only argue its further detention, {Biss bur not coarse, merely on another sale, Like a dozing whale on the sea bottom Eiehtion £0 the tiny, sellmporane ship On the surface.) But your eyes procisinn ist everything is sucface. Th suse is what's there ‘And nothing can exist except what's there There ae no recesses in the room, only alcoves, And the window doesn’e matter much or hee Sliver of window or mirror onthe righ, even Asa gauge of the weather, which in French Le temps, the word for time, and which and loom large 4 fuera'del globo, pero su dimensién, isa oyeipae Bs lo per in duda es esto, no el ref cotee a ‘e’conder algo, lo que hace que la mano destaque tanto mientras rerocede igeramence, Neo hay forma lc ergiela plana como la seccidn de un mu i a segmento de un circulo, vvolviendo al azar al cuerpo del que ee tan improbable parte, para cercar y apun en al quel ean de ee ead se Orellana 20 ce eg de ner vo cuando se reanud Is oscuidad, Una uz perversa cuyo in rativo de sutileza de antemano condena su : provunciba de hanbrar intgaiicoe pao ineencionad Francesco, cu mano e lo bastante po ara destrozat la esfera, y demasiado grande, ce para teerdelicadas malls (Grads, psn cores smlonete a cece eee dormitando en el eee ee en relacién con el diminuto, Uaioe jared fe [a supert ie.) Pero tus ojos proclaman ae gor woo oper La open be queen nada puede existir excepto lo que esté oo Xi hay entrantes en la habitacién, sblo. -concavic 7 levecne as Gait aod impeiny nice plteido de ventana o espejo de la re am : iqu como indicador del tempo, que en franels le temps, la palabra de tiempo*, y que : anneal) (N- dd) 15