I used to think that Frida Kahlo was massively narcissistic. During her career, she made 143 paintings, of which 55 are self portraits. That means when her friends asked “What are you doing?”, 38% of the time she replied “Painting a picture of myself.” However, I’d like to adjust that number. Let’s take a look at a typical Frida Kahlo self portrait:
Now, let’s enhance it:
Now, let’s enhance it once more:
She wasn’t painting a self portrait of herself 38% of the time. Rather,…
