“Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall.”

“As understanding deepens, the further removed it becomes from knowledge.”
― C.G. Jung, The Essential Jung: Selected Writings

The circle. The line. The square. The triangle. The potential. The form. The opportunities. The passions. The times. The ambition. The expectations. The need. The interest. The concern. The importance. The adventure. The hope. The promise. The truth. The lies. The smiles. The frowns. The laughter. The tears. The screams. The panic. “Mirror, mirror on the wall.”

 The journey. The path. The sights. The sounds. The smells. The excitement. The beauty. The ugly. The mundane. The large. The small. The trivial. The interesting. The uninteresting. The anticipation. The letdown. The slow walk. The fast run. The calculation. The stumble. The jump. The fall. The moment. The realization. The goal. The obstacles. The challenge. The failing. The retry. The setback. The moment. The reflection. The horror. The sadness. The reality. The question. The insecurity. The challenge. The advice. The misdirection. “Mirror, mirror on the wall.”

The travel. The distance. The aggravations. The packing. The unpacking. The danger. The confusion. The disappointment. The response. The cost. The value. The loss. The gain. The profit. The payments. The finances. The debt. The large. The small. The wealth. The poverty. The fat. The skinny. “Mirror, mirror on the wall.”

The Universe, the solar system. The Sun. The Moon. The planets. The stars. The Spring. The Summer. The Fall. The Winter. The past. The future. The present. The calendar. The semesters. The years. The weeks. The clock. The tick. The days. The hours. The minutes. The seconds. The instant. The moment. The loss. The life. The death. The forgotten. “Mirror, mirror on the wall.”

 The heartbeat. The breath. The anxiety. The elation. The confusion. The sanity. The madness. The illness. The health. The pills. The vitamins. The sleep. The coffee. The assignments. The thoughts. The words. The writing. The reading. The search. The idea. The opinions. The review. The grade. The calculation. The personalities. The loneliness. The comradery. The expectations. The fear. The nights. The days. The performance. The exhaustion. The contribution. The humor. The sarcasm. The pain. The hurt. The failure. The rejection. The success. “Mirror, mirror on the wall.”

The feeling. The feeling, professor, asks. How well do you feel your research study will contribute to learning technologies? Be reasonable. Inquiring minds want to know. I wonder. I ponder. A year from today, February 2025, will I be finished, or will I begin?” Will the next roll of the dice be 7, 11 or 4 or 10? Probabilities divided by prayer, hopes, and dreams multiplied by potential and squared by the sum of the Means equals a good guess. “Will the work to be done contribute? Mirror, mirror, what is the answer?” I ask. “Who’s to know.” replies the mirror on the wall. “For a mirror knows nothing; I’m just a reflection, after all.”