My knee-jerk response is that ';layers'; are infinite in the sense that all human beings have the inherent capacity for growth and development ... the ol' ';womb to the tomb'; continuum of life. Of course, each of the 6.7 billion people currently inhabiting the planet have different insight and interpretation to their own -and others- layers.
At a minimum, it seems reasonable to assert that we (all of us) have an outer layer that morphs depending on the situation. That is, there is this ';face we put on'; when we leave the home and engage the outer world. That face (and the attendant emotions, urges, etc. behind it) itself has multiple layers and seems to shift (change) as the conditions (work, play, friend, foe, stranger, lover, etc) change. In that sense, it's realistic to believe most of us peel through multiple layers on a daily basis.
Then there's the inner sanctum where the cauldron of hopes, dreams, genetics, conditioning, etc. are relentlessly stirred, presented for a moment -or more- then ushered back to the mix for further stirring. This process is driven (unwittingly) by forces contained under the ';who are you'; life-force. That is, these layers are never fixed, they're always being modified as new information, new stimuli, new challenges are presented to us.
For example, it is generally accepted that a 10-year-old viewing the portrait of the Mona Lisa internalizes something entirely different from a 30-year-old art gallery owner. That difference is absolutely significant in years alone (the evolution of ';layers';) and certainly it is relatively different when we shift the comparison to any two 30-year-olds viewing the same picture.
I'm not suggesting a ';schizophrenic'; process here ... I'm merely trying to articulate a position of the complexity and infinite depth of our personalities while suggesting there is a simultaneous ';beauty and beast'; contained within our DNA and that our layering is uniquely molded by both nature and nurture.
P.S. I'm older than 30 and (hopefully) not quite ready for the tomb.
How many layers do you suspect you have?
I have four .... things were tight for a while back there %26amp; I had to sell two of them .... some Ghosts needed a good cover.How many layers do you suspect you have?
layers? as in how deep?
22, but im complex
None, my chickens are all raised for meat.
three
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