Ars longa; vita brevis - The Portrait

Immortalizing oneself through portraiture is something that I have never really taken the time to think of.  In all honesty, if I had the choice, I wouldn't get a portrait done of myself.   Not today, anyways.  I haven't done anything I deem noteworthy of such iconography.  Portraits are fine for people in positions of power.  For people who have an image to portray (talk about a redundant statement) and maintain.  Even a family portrait would be fine because of what it is made to represent; the family; spirit, etc.
 I really don't see myself in a portrait, but if I had to have one made, I would make it be representative of who and what I want to be in the future; a successful attorney with a stern but approachable demeanor.  Clothed in a proper suit and accompanying accessories.



The backdrop would be that of an old fashioned office/study or private library.  Dark wood paneling or perhaps a vast collection of leather-bound books with the titles written is vivid gold lettering.  The lighting would be slightly dim.  I haven't decided if I'd be seated, really.Perhaps in a leather chair with ornate, carved legs.  There would be a table at my right and a liquor cabinet with notable brandies and cognacs encased within.  The portrait would be more of a painting in general than portrait specific now that I look at it.  Granted, I would be the only person in it, the much greater array of details into the setting would aid to encapsulate the essence of what it is aiming to represent - success, wealth, power; a whiff of aristocracy.  I really have described the setting around me more than myself.  But I suppose that's just the way I think.  I don't really have an immense opinion on how I should look in the portrait, other than the stern, confident expression and in a suit.