Going upstream by representations for things which are neither works of art nor of techne may be a different matter altogether. Exiled from Platonic realms you cannot with any assurance encounter the creative or shaping force behind that thing, even if you posses developed knowledge of the intricate systems that present and are presented by it. What remains for the encounter is only its sheer beingness and your own. Knowledge is of no assistance here, but only something akin to artistic creation can hold all of the threads in something like a transparent balance.