On the nature of reflection

Are you possible? I cannot reflect at the same time as the moment, for indeed a moment never even catches up with itself. To look back and study it, requires time. A temporal distance. But traversing it, I collect perspectives, acquire new mental states, such that the object of reflection - that moment some moments ago - is distorted with clarity. A paradox. How can I capture a pure representation? And without this, how can I reflect? For what is there to reveal when I look at you, moment, in waters muddy with perspective?