"But first let me take a selfie"

In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Basil paints a beautiful picture of Dorian in his youth. Dorian "sells his soul" to stay young forever while the portrait ages. Some readers see the miraculatiy of the painting as a figment of Dorian's imagination and others take it literally. Dorian stares at his painting and as time goes on the man in the picture ages and looks unhappy and mean. In our society, people obsess over selfies. Whether it's #SelfieSunday or just any other random day that they feel like taking or posting a picture of themselves, people take multiple pictures then chose the one they like the most to post. After they take the picture and people start liking it, they begin to pick out their flaws. "My smile is awkward," "My eyes aren't the same size," etc. The flaws that people find in their selfies are physical. They try to hide them with different types of editing software. The flaws in Dorian's "selfie" were more related to his personality and his mistakes. All of his experience, wisdom, and bad choices were appearing in his painting for the preservation of his youthfulness. He hid the painting like people attempt to hide their imperfections. It's not going to work. No one is perfect. Beauty is subjective. I wouldn't sell my soul to stay young and beautiful. Paging is a part of life and we all make mistakes and can learn from them. Obsessing over beauty isn't going to make life easier for you. People don't want to hang out with them and be their friend just because they're pretty. Personality matters. The people who only care about appearances are the ones who will end up alone or hated in the end.