The aesthetics of narcissism

Strangely enough, I did not have much difficulty reading the first half of the article, but by the end I was just like "What happened?" Aside from Krauss's less than accessible word choice, I found the article brought up great points about narcissism and how it functions in both video art as well as other forms of visual art. I find myself drawing similarities in how narcissism functions similarly in video art, to Serra's Boomerang in which like Holt is contained to a reality of self, video art is also encapsulated in self because of the mediums inherentness to be connected to self. One aspect of the reading I really liked was Krauss's distinction between reflection and reflexiveness. Reflexiveness still maintains a separation between the object and subject. Reflection is about the fusion of subject and object and how the differences can be resolved through appropriation. Reflection being in video art seems much more narcissistic because it is about the "self" while Reflexiveness in other forms of art is not about the self. One aspect I do have trouble with in this article though, is that I do know their are paintings about self and video art not about self. Why did Krauss not address this more aggressively? I know I'll have to go back and read this a few thousand more times to really get what Krauss is saying, but I miss a little bit of counterargument that could strengthen his argument more. Or maybe if he plainly states what exactly he/she is chasing in the article, what the goal is. However, what I gathered from this reading is how narcissism functions in some types of video art. For me I think narcissism is common in video art because of the performative approach many video artists take. Humans are also inherently always going to be fascinated with themselves as well, which also lends itself to narcissism.