Aleph

“A man sets out to draw the world.
 As the years go by, he peoples a space with images of provinces, 
kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, instruments, stars, horses, and individuals. 
A short time before he dies, 
he discovers that the patient labyrinth of lines 
traces 
the lineaments of his own face.”
― Jorge Luis Borges, The Aleph and Other Stories