Don't post it immediately. Don't put a filter on it. Just look at it. Look at your eyes. Ask them: Are you okay?
That is the power of the Goan selfie. It doesn't capture perfection. It captures permission. Permission to be a work in progress. - My phone died exactly 12 seconds after I took this. I had to walk 2km back to the hostel in the dark, barefoot, to charge it. When it powered back on, the photo was still there. The universe wanted me to keep this one. goan-21-selfie -1-
But Goan-21-Selfie -1- is the keeper.
I am not deleting this one because it is real. Don't post it immediately
goan-21-selfie-1
Not just any selfie. The Goan 21 Selfie -1- . If you scroll through my camera roll, you will see a graveyard of attempts. Selfie 24.jpg (blurry, wind ruined it). Selfie 25.mov (accidentally a video of my thumb). Selfie 26.jpg (eye half-closed). Look at your eyes