The Muse Portrait Database

We invite you to read a sample of portraits from our various projects. If you have any comments about the portraits or would like to know how to write your own self-portrait, please contact us by email. Search our portraits to discover what other people around the world think and feel about: empathy, perfection, war, loneliness, Africa, hair, Einstein, work, poetry, family, sleep, memory, curiosity, dancing...

New Arrivals from the United Arab Emirates

Roman KrznaricHow the search for understanding differs from the search for knowledge
Rowland JohnsonWhat a pub landlord thinks of his customers
Royston HoareI'm not a great thinker, I'm a doer
Rubén ReyesHow a fish and chip shop provides conversation and the simple life
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Sabine HockingOn being guided by strangers through an unknown city
Sarah SinghBecause I have made a conscious decision to have Christ within, I am a different person
Sherry MartinHow a former lawyer has learned that 'being adrift can mean willing to drift'
Simon AllenWhy a former company director hasn't eaten at a restaurant for four years.
Simon BeardThe Elephant