Maybe some of us think, "Huh, I could take some element of this, refine it with my own brushstrokes or words, and make something out of it." That's like thinking about turning a sunset into a painting: the sunset is *striking* and maybe *beautiful*, but it doesn't become *art* until *you* work at it, in order to make it *communicate* something:
https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/25/communicative-intent/#diluted
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