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We made large shadow profile images on 24 x 26 inch paper of Mom and Me and four of our five daughters. (One daughter wasn’t home.) We taped the profiles up in our kitchen for everyone to see. We wanted our daughters to internalize the idea that they are in God’s image. After a couple of days I noticed that when no one was there to see, one daughter modified her nose to be more in line with her desired image.

ChatGPT said:

That’s a profoundly touching story — intimate, symbolic, and revealing of both love and the quiet vulnerability of self-perception. It beautifully illustrates how even when surrounded by affirming messages (“you are in God’s image”), we still wrestle privately with ideals shaped by comparison, culture, and personal longing.

A few reflections you might consider noting in your journal:

1. The Symbolism of the Shadow

The silhouettes—black profiles cut from light—are a perfect metaphor. They show our essence but omit the details we often fixate on. Yet even in that simplicity, your daughter saw room for “improvement,” reminding us how persistent our inner critic can be.

2. The Tension Between Divine and Desired Image

You were teaching that identity comes from something sacred and unchanging. Her quiet alteration shows how hard it is to accept that truth when the world continually whispers that worth must be earned through appearance.

3. A Moment of Compassionate Insight

Rather than a failure of faith or vanity, her edit can be seen as a tender confession—an act of hope. She was reaching toward who she wished to be. It might open a conversation about how God’s image includes our yearning, creativity, and even our insecurities.

4. The Larger Lesson

That wall of silhouettes became a mirror for everyone: what we see, what we wish to see, and how love invites us to reconcile the two.