a popular example for illustration: without irl context, without sense perception irl this is only what? can only be taken as what? as nothing, as a koan, as a mirror if you want, a tarot card, whatever you can think to want as creative writing prompt, it is a published artwork, about you, the reader, the person at the museum looking at a painting, artist could be dead 500 years

jack

the act of creation is the only thing that justifies existence