Sometimes, a person tries so hard to live up to other people's expectations that, little by little, something in the mirror begins to take their place. That face is not who they truly are. It is what remains after years of measuring their worth by the approval of others. When they stand before the mirror, they are no longer facing themselves, but an identity shaped by judgment, fear, and expectation. The monster is not the person. It is the reflection of an identity that was formed in the endless attempt to become what others expected them to be... Oil painting Canvas: 30×40 Cm