Water's shadow reflecting back on itself in the sun? a bubble? The thought comes to mind of an object. That object casts a shadow. The shadow is a part of the object. It gives it depth and direction. It shows you a general shape and depending on your angle, the shadow might give the object away if unkown before. It is almost like a shadow is a a kind of stereotype. There is so much more to the object than what the shadow expresses but it is also a part of the object. The same object can be reflected in a surface. This mirror image is identical to the object in appearance but reversed. Like the shadow it has no depth, no texture. It is just another part of the whole. The reflection is almost a contradiction of itself. It is identical but opposite, simultaniously.

What is the result of putting a stereotype together with a contradiction? Or reflecting the shadow of itself? Reflections cannot cast shadows. They can only reflect back a shadow already cast by the object.