1. In the absence of any clear criteria for judging authenticity, the boundaries between being authentic and being inauthentic are amorphous and uncertain, and often porous.

2. Striving for personal authenticity provides an antidote to outside conditioning, and to some extent is a reaction to the in authenticity prevalent in culture, religion, politics, and everyday life.

3. Becoming authentic is an individual mission, since each person has their own way of being human, and consequently what is authentic will be different for each individual. Furthermore, personal authenticity is highly contextual, and depends on various social, political, religious and cultural characteristics.

4. Any objective discovery of the self is only possible without preconceptions and biases – but we all have preconceptions and biases.

5. Complete self-knowledge is impossible: one cannot possibly explore the entire labyrinth of human consciousness.

6. In addition, there will coexist in one individual multiple identities dependant on the roles the individual holds in society, including personal, occupational, cultural, ethnic, national, political, and religious identities. This can result in the illusion of understanding personal identity, and thus an illusory ideal of authenticity.

7. Human judgments and attitudes are based on the interpretation of perceptions of reality rather than on the interpretation of reality itself. The limits of human perception, thought and self-knowledge are the main hurdles to authenticity.

8. Words and language are inadequate for expressing the full spectrum of one’s thoughts and feelings. A completely clear language with a direct and evident correspondence between experiences and words does not exist.

9. Authenticity is expected to demonstrate some measure of consistency. if an individual’s identity is continually evolving, how can one recognize or discover the meaning of authenticity over a lifetime?

Work interacting with the other art pieces of the exhibition

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