The composer, Rene Orth, and I were both interested in how we see ourselves when we look at ourselves in the mirror. It is ridiculously automatic that we, as women, look at ourselves through the lens of how we think other people might see us... and that lens is often a very critical one. I would even say it is destructive.

Stephanie is getting ready to go out on a date... but she begins to unravel when she checks herself in the mirror. The voices she hears in her head are variations of her own critical voice. She sees herself the way she imagines her date will see her. Nothing is right – everything is wrong. It is a treacherous circle... and Rene has built in a circular musicality which works exactly as the minds works in those situations... around and around... ‘This doesn’t look good, I look like crap, the color’s wrong...’ and around and around and around until we have destroyed how good we looked, how nice our choice of an outfit was, and how lovely our eyes shone.

Stephanie wrecked herself with her own eyes.

- Colleen Murphy