That should be the goal for all art, to be as simple as a flashcard.
Writing helped me understand what I was thinking about.
There's no such thing as a bad photograph.
I always felt like I was right out of Dickens, looking in the window of the Christmas feast, but not at the feast.
A TWO-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE WITHOUT ANY ARTICULATION IS A DEAD EXPERIENCE
Look at the subject as if you have never seen it before. Examine it from every side. Draw its outline with your eyes or in the air with your hands, and saturate yourself with it.