And then there are works like the book Finnegans Wake, which are so elaborate in their design, and seem to require such a commitment on the part of the audience, and perhaps even an intelligence or perspicacity that is equal to that of the artist themself, in order that one might comprehend what the artist was even up to, or intending, when they created or composed the very thing, that they would posit themselves, these works, as an exception to the principle I have just now described.