Hotel Room Lighting

So I'm just chilling in a hotel room right now because my family is in town and why stay at my apartment when I can stay at this shmance hotel. I was staring blankly ahead thinking, "hmm I have no idea what to write about," and then I realized I could right about what is right in front of me.

In the picture is my younger brother sitting at a table which is in front of a mirror. What I'm fascinated by in this image is the contrast between the light surrounding the mirror and the light within it. I guess this could easily become a discussion of mirrors (they're scientifically baffling) but it's so strange to me how the lamp on the table can illuminate the surrounding room but not the world within the mirror. Does that make sense? I guess what it comes down to is that the mirror is a 2D world so we are just seeing a flat portrayal, and the light's effect on the opposite wall. This is kind of making my brain hurt. Mirrors are weird. Overall, I find it to be very awesome how--since that light is positioned there--the reflection in the mirror looks like a different room than that outside of it since there's such a big contrast. Light is cool, you guys.