Bergman’s autobiography "The Magic Lamp" mentioned how he stood by his mother’s bed after his mother’s death: “I sat next to my mother for a few hours. Until Heideweig Iliunola’s church knocked for morning prayers. The bell rang, the light and shadow moved, and the melodious sound of the piano came from a distance. I felt that I was not in grief. I was thinking, I was observing myself, and I was playing a role, which was determined by my occupational disease. Follow my life ruthlessly, often madly taking away and destroying my deepest experience." In "Still in the Mirror", isn't Bergman just arguing for the author? Due to the occupational illness of writing, his attitude towards his daughter's mental disorder is also the writer's attitude towards the plot of the characters in the novel, and the same is true for his wife's death. His sons and daughters express these in the form of drama, which is also a punishment for him, punishment in the same way. Perhaps Bergman is also guilty of his occupational disease. Life and writing are contradictory. When you are living, you cannot write. When you are writing, you will always write about past experiences. You will never be able to write about the present. When you are writing, your Life is passing.
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