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this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2025
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Meaning is subjective and not intrinsic, so there can be no such thing as "the" meaning of anything.
The artist can have an intended meaning, but the audience not only can but will find their own meaning in it. It might be the case that the audience gets the same meaning from it that the creator intended, but it might just as easily be the case that they get some entirely different meaning from it.
None of them are right or wrong - that's not even a coherent concept in that context. They just are whatever they are.