Now, more than ever, girls are faced with their worst critic in the mirror every day. The media has glorified impossible body standards for women for years and it is clear that this may have been an issue 17-year-old Marie dealt with all those years ago. To quote Picasso one last time, “Art is a lie that makes us realize truth”, what Marie was seeing in her reflection was not what she truly looked like. By painting Marie as herself and as her own reflection, Picasso revealed the truth of her lack of self-confidence and viewers can relate to this internal