My work explores the psychological relationship we have with mirrors and the questions they pose about image-making, illusion, and our construction of self. My interest began through studying melodrama film, specifically the ways in which reflective surfaces are utilized by directors Douglas Sirk and Rainer Werner Fassbinder to compress space and illuminate points of personal discovery. What happens when our reflection is false or fabricated? What if our vision of ourselves is not aligned with what we see in the mirror?