What is the mirror test?

“The mirror test—sometimes called the mark test, mirror self-recognition (MSR) test, red spot technique, or rouge test—is a behavioral technique developed in 1970 by American psychologist Gordon Gallup Jr. as an attempt to determine whether an animal possesses the ability of visual self-recognition.^[1] The MSR test is the traditional method for attempting to measure physiological and cognitive self-awareness.”

I copied that from Wikipedia.

the mirror test is a space for writing in service of self-recognition. reflections on reflection. refraction of my fractured thoughts and feelings and self.

everything I write ends up being 1000x more autobiographical and revealing than I thought so here I am facing that and wondering what it means and here you are because I love an audience.