That which is seen is ds that different from you. If one thing is different from the other, the other also should be different. We don't take paper and ink to be god or wood to be god. We do bagawar buddi in it, we invoke the presence of the divine. In hinduism, sim vevecan, we worship a god who is beyond everything and yet present in everything. Therefore you can speciallyoke the Presence of The God by worshipping an image. But this is not my final answer, even though it makes sense. Because everything is in and through everything'