Well, yes, I'll agree with that, down to the pigeon shit. So the better question is, how do you decide what is and isn't meaningful? It doesn't need to be obvious art either. Words stick just as much as an object with creative intent might. Or meals.
[None of it is meant to really have an answer. Alucard knows that half of his response would be I know it when I see it and I react, which is absolutely nonsense while still being true.
There's a smattering of phrases that go wholly over his head, being from the 1470s. He'll just assume his pokey little fangs help make a few things clear.]
I do think that the abstraction makes it harder, especially if you didn't know the significance of the material. Personally, without the plaque I think it has more interpretation. You can look at the formation from the top to the bottom or in reverse, and the meaning changes. With the change, it lets people project more of themselves into what they're seeing.
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[None of it is meant to really have an answer. Alucard knows that half of his response would be I know it when I see it and I react, which is absolutely nonsense while still being true.
There's a smattering of phrases that go wholly over his head, being from the 1470s. He'll just assume his pokey little fangs help make a few things clear.]
I do think that the abstraction makes it harder, especially if you didn't know the significance of the material. Personally, without the plaque I think it has more interpretation. You can look at the formation from the top to the bottom or in reverse, and the meaning changes. With the change, it lets people project more of themselves into what they're seeing.