like sometimes i worry my creative ideas & my writing aren't subtle enough, too on the nose, what if it comes off ham-fisted & tacky, oh nooo what if the reader feels belittled. or what if i get too subtle & surreal & abstract with it, and then no one can tell what the fuck i'm talking about, ahhh. but then i see ppl get completely bewildered by art that's not subtle at all. or sometimes ppl will refuse to engage with art beyond a surface level, and completely miss the point. and then they write a big article or review or whatever, blaming the art for their own unwillingness to even attempt to think critically about it. so maybe actually it's cool to be as subtle or unsubtle as you want, and let the audience sort itself out