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Self- and other image

When we talk about a person's self-image and the other image, photography is merely a metaphor. A person is neither their self-image nor their other image. We perceive it as impersonal, when a person appears to act according to their self- or other image. As personal, we perceive, what we experience together.

Presence

Interacting^[5] with the photograph on this page illustrates these concepts. When a person, in their action, is aware of either their self- or other image, they lose some of their presence. Visually, these two images are different, and it is irrelevant which of the two occupies more of their thinking. A person is perceived as present when their self- and other image are the same — the images disappear from their thinking; they are present.

Personality and sociality

The term personality here abbreviates ›personal identity‹. It describes what makes a person unique: personality is revealed in how they resolve their self- and other image.

Similarly, sociality abbreviates for ›social identity›. For example, an individual's sociality is recorded in their passport. This passport records the individual they are when they participate in social life.

TBC

Thinking one's self

»In everyday life, it is self-evident that artists cannot label their work as artworks, for a lack of distance. In the case of personality as work, it would be ridiculous at best^[4] to call oneself an artist of oneself. One can consider oneself a work – not an artwork.«

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-Personality manifests itself anew again and again in the flow of individual existence. Seeing it in flux frees creative action from individual characteristics such as age, body, or origin. Until 2023 Olaf Langmack's [[Creative Development|creative interest]] [[The Interview|was]] in himself. Since then he advocates the &rsaquo;Right to a Free Identity&lsaquo;.
+==Self- and other image==
-== My topic history ==
+When we talk about a person's self-image and the other image, photography is merely a metaphor. A person <u>is</u> neither their self-image nor their other image. We perceive it as impersonal, when a person appears to act according to their self- or other image. As personal, we perceive, what we experience together.
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+==Presence==
-&raquo;My topic from [[:Category:2003 April until 2014 September|2003 until 2014]] was my personal history and from [[:Category:2015 February until 2023 May|2015 until 2023]] my personality. This had practical and, accordingly, economic [[&raquo;(Autofictional Novel)&laquo;|consequences]]. During this time I reduced my social interactions as much as possible, in the beginning by choice and with the COVID-19 lockdowns in Germany by force. I also completely refrained from [[&raquo;Olaf Langmack&laquo;#Edition8|web work]].&laquo;
+Interacting{{Index|5}} with the photograph on this page illustrates these concepts. When a person, in their action, is aware of either their self- or other image, they lose some of their <u>presence</u>. Visually, these two images are different, and it is irrelevant which of the two occupies more of their thinking. A person is perceived as present when their self- and other image are the same — the images disappear from their thinking; they are present.
-</blockquote>
+==Personality and sociality==
+The term personality here abbreviates &rsaquo;personal identity&lsaquo;. It describes what makes a person unique: personality is revealed in how they resolve their self- and other image.
+Similarly, sociality abbreviates for &rsaquo;social identity&rsaquo;. For example, an individual's sociality is recorded in their passport. This passport records the individual they are when they participate in social life.
+TBC
+== Thinking one's self ==
-== My self-conception ==
 <blockquote>
 &raquo;In everyday life, it is self-evident that artists cannot label their work as artworks, for a lack of distance. In the case of personality as work, it would be ridiculous at best{{Index|4}} to call oneself an artist of oneself. One can consider oneself a work &ndash; not an artwork.&laquo;
 </blockquote>
-== My method ==
-<blockquote>
-&raquo;To avoid my blind spot, I use specific methods. To develop them, it helped that I studied computer science, furthered my self-education in philosophy, literature and photography, and treated myself three very different psychological treatments.&laquo;
-</blockquote>
-== Personality v. Sociality ==
-Olaf Langmack understands [[Personal Motifs#Personal Values|personal identity]] (short: personality) as the tension between a person's self-image and the image others have of them. He defines [[Professional Motifs|social identity]] (short: sociality) as how one's personality ''sublates'' in everyday life. An example of social identity is what is written about a person in their passport. His slogan of a &rsaquo;Right to free identity&lsaquo; asserts the primacy of personal over social identity.
 [[Category:Description]]
+[[Category:Interactive Visual]]
 [[Category:Watchword]]
 [[Category:Concept]]
 [[Category:Individual]]