On thinking on one's reflection in a mirror....
As long as I keep my eyes closed, we are two: I here, and he there, in the mirror. I must make sure that, opening my eyes, he doesn't become I, and I don't become he. I must see him and not be seen. Is this possible? The moment I see him, he'll see me and we'll recognise each other. Thanks alot! I don't want to recognise myself; I want to know him outside of myself. Is it possible? My supreme effort must consist of this: not seeing myself "in me", but being seen "by me", with my sane eyes but as if I were another: that other whom everyone sees, except me. Now then, keep calm, arrest all life, and be alert!
I opened my eyes. What did I see?
Luigi Pirandello - One, No One & One Hundred Thousand