120g of difference

Comment 120g peuvent changer votre regard sur quelqu'un?

In a world where appearance is paramount.

Shall we judge a book by its cover?

When 120g of hair can pass from Jesus to the GI through a Buddhist, or a member of a drug cartel.

Beyond appearances, what remains?

At a key moment in my life, assisted by the one for whom I left Paris.

I also change media, farewell to the actor, the artist evolves. It is time after the illusion of the scene to look at oneself in the face and in all humility to see what will happen.

So what part does psychological play in this exercise? A cathartic form of self-acceptance?

Of course I thought of Erwin Olaf's self-portraits, especially the famous trilogy: "I wish" "I wish" "I am" & "I will be"
But here, unlike Cindy Sherman, there is no staging, no dramatization. Simplicity, purity, an almost clinical formatting, which plays on the first aspect of the first reading, which is a bit " funny ", like a hint on other degrees of reading.

120 g is the weight of hair that has been used in this adventure.

La symbolique des cheveux est forte dans toutes les civilisations. Ils ont souvent un rapport avec l'intimité, la séduction, la pudeur et la sexualité à travers la tricophilie (ou fétichisme des cheveux), la relation à l'autre à travers la chevelure (peigner, épouiller, couper) étant une marque d'affection.

Long hair was the privilege of the nobles when the people began to cut their hair.
Symbole de force, de virilité, chez l’homme : l’exemple le plus célèbre demeure certainement celui de Samson. « Si j'étais rasé, ma force m'abandonnerait, je deviendrais faible, et je serais comme tout autre homme. » La Bible - Juges 16.

Hair clipping, like an humiliation?

À la Libération, les femmes accusées d'avoir entretenu des liaisons avec des soldats ennemis étaient parfois tondues.
This sacrifice can be voluntary as a symbol of mourning or in a religious context: Buddhist monks shave their heads as a sign of humility. In ancient Greece, it was a common custom for young girls to cut their long hair as an offering to Artemis on their wedding day. As the haircut does not modify the shape of the skull, we can also see a return to the original shape without artifice, without the desire to seduce.