Thus, "a symbolic form...is not some 'intermediary' in a process of 'communication' that transmits the meaning intended by the author to the audience; it is instead the result of a complex "process" of creation (the poietic process) that has to do with the form as well as the content of the work; it is also the point of departure for a complex process of reception (the "esthesic" process that "reconstructs" a 'message'").