For the Carnival of Mirrors theme, the True Reflections Palace completely re-tinkers your perception of who you are with optically perfect, true reflection mirrors. They show you not just what you look like, but who you are and how you are as an animated, living human being! Backwards mirrors take all of our vitality away and present a flat and distorted version of ourselves. The design of the Palace will be using Giant Tinker Toys. Who knew you could build something big with them? Inside will be a warm, softly lighted environment that offers a host of interactivity and a truly unique experience – magical even! There’s a lot of science involved too, you can read some of the posters available. A lot of this makes perfect sense for why it should be so different, and so much better.

Prepare to see something surprising about yourself…you as a real, vibrant, and truly sparkling and happy human being. Or deep and genuine burner, with wisdom in your eyes. Or whatever is true about you – your true image actually reflects all that information correctly, so you can continue to be true to yourself. But be aware – you have to “be it to see it”. Don’t just stare at yourself – look in your eyes and interact! Ask questions about who you are, how you are, what’s going on. Look with a friend, eye to eye, smile, then look back as you see the real version of you. Who is the person that we see, who do we know, who do we love? You may need to get past your initial sense of how unusual it is, and no, you are not as asymmetric as your perception can be telling you. But then you can see something truly magical…the amazing burner that you really are!

To really make the point, look back to one of the backwards mirrors in the side panels, and notice how poorly mirrors reflect your true nature. Notice that the sparkle and light in your eyes just stops and you are staring, and more often than not, you become serious and doubtful.