Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20160807005311/@comment-25396609-20161004133019

Actually when it comes to writing and symbolism it is at its strongest, since it is easy to read too far into things and find ideas that were never intended to begin with. If you must fabricate details in order to explain potential symbolism, then occam's razor applies.

If you are working with the definitively abstract, then it begins to break down because symbolism is omnipresent; however when you are working with the literal in art it is at its strongest because you must first assume symbolism is being used to begin with.