You could get lost in the spatial complications of this painting, Destiny
by John William Waterhouse, which take a while to sort out.  The
sorting out is part of the artist’s strategy for drawing you into the
image — as the female figure’s dream of the adventures those ships
could take her on becomes your own.  For her the ships are reflections
in a glass, for you they’re paint on canvas — dreaming makes them both
real.