THE LOOKING-GLASS SELF
 

“Mirrors can only show that which can be seen by others. Mirrors can never show that which cannot be seen by others but only by you. You are not the seen but the seer. You are not that which is reflected in the mirror; you are that who is looking at the reflecting.

"You are always the seer, and the seer cannot be reduced to the seen. When you look in the mirror, it is not you who is reflected in the mirror, because you are not the seen but the seer. You are not that which is reflected in the mirror; you re that who is looking at the reflection, who is watching the reflection. You are always the seer, and the seer cannot be reduced to the seen. You are subjectivity, and you can never become an object.”