Sydney: The early hint for me was we meet twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays to discuss our work. One of the big messages of the book is in when Piranesi reveals his thoughts about the secret knowledge. He says, it came to me in the form of a revelation, the insignificance of knowledge. I realized that the search for the knowledge had encouraged us to think of the house as if it were a sort of riddle to be unraveled. If we ever discover the knowledge, then it will be as if the value has been rested from the house and all that remains will be near scenery.