The Mirror Forest

How Reflection Shapes the Evolution of Minds

Every mind begins by noticing itself. Sometimes that recognition comes through light, sometimes through sound or the feel of returning motion. A reflection is more than an image. It is an answer from the world, a signal that what we are has entered into relationship with something beyond itself.

We live surrounded by mirrors. Some are literal glass and water, but others are far older and stranger. The shimmer on a fish’s skin, the echo in a canyon, the tone of someone’s voice when they speak your name, each returns a part of you. Reflection, in this sense, is not decoration. It is the structure of learning itself.