IN

IN

COMMON

COMMON

PARLANCE,

PARLANCE,

WE

WE

USUALLY

USUALLY

SPEAK

SPEAK

OF

OF

REFLECTIONS

REFLECTIONS

IN

IN

ONE

ONE

TWO

TWO

WAYS.

WAYS.

EITHER

EITHER

IN

IN

THE

THE

PHYSICAL

PHYSICAL

SENSE:

SENSE:

THAT

THAT

OF

OF

LIGHT

LIGHT

REFRACTING

REFRACTING

OFF

OFF

OF

OF

A

A

SMOOTH

SMOOTH

SURFACE

SURFACE

TO

TO

PRODUCE

PRODUCE

A

A

MIRROR

MIRROR

IMAGE,

IMAGE,

OR

OR

METAPHORICALLY,

METAPHORICALLY,

REFERRING

REFERRING

TO

TO

IDEAS

IDEAS

OR

OR

THOUGHTS

THOUGHTS

ARRIVED

ARRIVED

AT

AT

AFTER

AFTER

DEEP

DEEP

CONTEMPLATION.

CONTEMPLATION.

WHILE

WHILE

AT

AT

ONE

ONE

MOMENT,

MOMENT,

THE

THE

METAPHOR

METAPHOR

TYING

TYING

THE

THE

TENOR

TENOR

TO

TO

ITS

ITS

VEHICLE

VEHICLE

FEELS

FEELS

SOMEWHAT

SOMEWHAT

OBVIOUS

OBVIOUS

AND

AND

SELF-

SELF-

EVIDENT,

EVIDENT,

IT

IT

STARTS

STARTS

TO

TO

CONFOUND

CONFOUND

ITSELF

ITSELF

THE

THE

LONGER

LONGER

I

I

THINK

THINK

ABOUT

ABOUT

IT.

IT.

IF

IF

IT

IT

IS

IS

ONLY

ONLY

WHEN

WHEN

OUR

OUR

SUBJECTIVITY

SUBJECTIVITY

FAILS

FAILS

US

US

IN

IN

TRYING

TRYING

TO

TO

UNDERSTAND

UNDERSTAND

SOMETHING,

SOMETHING,

WHY

WHY

SHOULD

SHOULD

THE

THE

METAPHOR

METAPHOR

WE

WE

TURN

TURN

TO

TO

BE

BE

OF

OF

THE

THE

LONELY

LONELY

SUBJECT

SUBJECT

GAZING

GAZING

UPON

UPON

ITSELF?

ITSELF?

I

I

WONDER

WONDER

WHY

WHY

WE

WE

INSIST

INSIST

ON

ON

MAKING

MAKING

CONTEMPLATION

CONTEMPLATION

SUCH

SUCH

A

A

SOLITARY

SOLITARY

ACT?

ACT?

THIS

THIS

SITE

SITE

IMAGINES

IMAGINES

A

A

MORE

MORE

DIALECTICAL

DIALECTICAL

METHOD

METHOD

OF

OF

SELF-

SELF-

UNDERSTANDING—

UNDERSTANDING—

ONE

ONE

IN

IN

WHICH

WHICH

SUBJECTS

SUBJECTS

MUST

MUST

INTERACT

INTERACT

WITH

WITH

OBJECTS,

OBJECTS,

PULLING

PULLING

WORDS

WORDS

FROM

FROM

THE

THE

SMOOTH

SMOOTH

SURFACES

SURFACES

TO

TO

REVEAL

REVEAL

THEIR

THEIR

FULL

FULL

FORMS.

FORMS.