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Admiration for substitutes and stage-like facades distances us from the real essence.
But an artificial tree will never bear good fruit — sooner or later, it mocks us.
And while we believe we are making our own choices, we fail to see that the apple is being offered by someone else’s hand.
The painting can also be read as a reference to the motif of the forbidden fruit — a temptation that seduces more strongly than truth itself.
