When looking into glass we ask ourselves for honesty. We have a responsibility to be accountable for the person staring back at us. As we reflect on our inner lives, the thought is called to mind. I am art. The immutable fact, art lives within, revealed via self-reflection. Miannah Jabre Lawrence sees her reflection on the canvas in charcoal, graphite, oil paint, acrylic paint, and mixed media. What started as a fascination with drawing eyes, opening the blinds of the mind, evolved. Human faces are unique in that they hold the soul’s stories. The drawing of eyes grew into griot portraiture, storytelling through faces. Miannah began by telling her own story. Shaping and etching her caricature, her image, her soul, into the canvas. In elementary and middle school, she was introduced and intrigued by the act of creating art. With the help of her art teacher Mrs. Weidel and later artist James Pate she was able to own her practice at a young age. However, the expression of plain faces could only capture the surface of her experience. As her confidence grew, she embarked away from traditional portraits. To show more feeling in the image, she began placing the pieces of the face where they gave deeper meaning. Where they could encompass the innate perspective of the muse in question. Eyes, ears, nose, lips, forehead, head shape, all form a repository of human impressions. Through her artwork, Miannah unveils human experiences as the facets that make us who we are.