I'm Not in the Picture Right I'll Put It That Way

Lacan will develop his notion of the gaze which your translation of the of the line is the what is it the picture the pictures in my eye. Infamously translated by Alan Sheridan as but I'm not in the picture and this not just gets invented Thrown into the text because it makes it more elusive. He doesn't have that idea yet, he's thinking about it through through Sartan. But like it's important for the way that he's understanding the analytic situation as not just two people.