THE IMAGE of two identical trigrams: Lake below, Lake above. Water reflects water. A mirror within a mirro
mirror(n.)
mid-13c., mirour, ‘polished surface (of metal, coated glass, etc.) used to reflect images of objects,’ especially the face of a person, from Old French mireoir ‘a reflecting glass, looking glass; observation, model, example,’ earlier miradoir (11c.), from mirer “look at” (oneself in a mirror), ‘observe, watch, contemplate,’ from Vulgar Latin *mirare “to look at,’ variant of Latin mirari ‘to wonder at, admire’ (see miracle).
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Out the door, turn left onto the narrow road. Oak trees and bare blackberry bushes line both sides. Three bends. The junction with the main road. The level crossing. A desire path. The start of one of the dead-straight avenues of the Den Berg estate. It rained last night and there are still puddles of water here and there.
The puddles reflect the trunk and bare branches of the trees. And behind them, the clouds. Water reflects water
Water reflects water.
Was the still surface of a pool of water the oldest mirror? The first mirror in which we saw our own reflection?
An eye sees an eye.
A eye-phone sees an eye.
A house of mirrors in your pocket.
Al-Haytham was one of the first to figure out that almost everything is in fact a mirror of sorts that you see because it’s the light that’s bouncing off of that object and how it does it. It comes into your eye and makes you able to see it.
BBC The Forum: Mirror Mirror on the Wall
Catoptrics (from Ancient Greek: κατοπτρικός katoptrikós ‘specular’, from Ancient Greek: κάτοπτρον kátoptron ‘mirror’) deals with the phenomena of reflected light and image-forming optical systems using mirrors. A catoptric system is also called a catopter (catoptre).
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As well as crystal-clear mirrors, there are also blurred ones.
And they come in all shapes and sizes, from small cabinet-door-window mirrors, …
… to bathroom mirrors …
… and magic mirrors …
