Reboot, Rejuvenate, Resurrect

LOOK AND SEE Earlier this year, I created a self-portrait collage for a creative vitality class that I enrolled in. On the day it was due, I felt compelled to black out the irises and pupils in an infant photo of me. I am learning to trust my creative spirit, so I did it—then spent months wondering why. The pupil is the dark opening at the center of the iris. Working with the lens, it admits light to the retina: widening in dimness, narrowing in brightness. Emotion and cert