The Old Brown Shoe

Longing
16 x 20
acrylic collage
on paper

I once had a drawing class where a fellow student had done a drawing of an old brown shoe. When asked to discuss his work he said that it was a self portrait.To this day it still disburbs me that he actually saw himself that way.
But, who am I to judge?
I guess it doesn't really matter how a person sees themself, the world always sees them differently.
He just made it easier for us, I guess.
But still,
an old brown shoe?