That is, in fact, how we see. (You do understand the difference between specular and diffuse reflection, right?)If you only sore the light reflected from it, you would not see an image
Woo. The world doesn't work how you "feel" it does after you squint. Reality exists whether you "feel" it or not.the light would be coming at you , your image is projected in the light, I am 100% certain on this, try squinting one eye and do some ray tracing to the light bulb, you soon start to get a feel for light.