Sunday, January 9, 2011

Who is she?

So...
Ever wonder about the possibility that you have a doppleganger?  A person who is your exact double?
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It is said that we all have one and  until tonight mine was thought to be Bette Midler. 
I guess in order to finish my thought, I need to explain what a Doppelganger is.  According to Webster's dictionary: "A doppelganger is a ghostly counterpart of a living person".  In German folklore, it is a wraith or apparition of a living person, as distinguished from a ghost. The concept of the existence of a spirit double, an exact but usually invisible replica of every man, bird, or beast, is an ancient and widespread belief. To meet one's double is a sign that one's death is imminent. The doppelganger became a popular symbol of horror literature, and the theme took on considerable complexity. In The Double (1846), by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, for example, a poor clerk, Golyadkin, driven to madness by poverty and unrequited love, beholds his own wraith, who succeeds in everything at which Golyadkin has failed. Finally the wraith succeeds in disposing of his original. An earlier, well-known story of a doppelganger appears in the novel Die Elixiere des Teufels, 2 vol. (1815-16; "The Devil's Elixir"), by the German writer of fantastic tales E.T.A. Hoffman.[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/doppelganger].

Ok, so this being said...Tonight, I was sitting in my livingroom minding my business and trying to check mail, and play solitaire all at the same time when I got a text box pop up from my son Erik telling me to click on a web page...so I did (http://www.jdnelsonportraits.com/a09.htm)  When the page opened up, I both shuddered and laughed out loud when looking at me was well...me.  Not really me but a portrait that was painted by an artist by the name of J.D. Nelson.  An artist that I have never nor ever will meet. 
As you can imagine, I was completely creeped out by it, but cannot stop looking at her.  Even I see that she looks just like me (unlike the Divine Ms. M, whom I don't think I look anything like...well maybe a little)....But this woman!  She is my twin...
As I continued to stare, I just couldn't help but wonder who she is?  In reality, does she really look just like me, or is it just an artist's rendering?  How old is she?  When is her birthday?  Is she fat? Thin?  I can't stop wondering about this twin of mine. 
So, I looked further at the website that had the portrait posted and see that there is a contact email.  Do I contact the artist with one of my pics and ask him?  He must know the answers.  Imagine if she lived close by?  Imagine if we hooked up and got to be really good friends?  Would that not be cool?
Anyway, I will have to think about it some more until I make up my mind, but in the mean time ,I will hope that the German myth is just a myth and that I will surely not meet my demise now that I have come face to face (albeit painted) with my doppelganger.

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