Indeed! CirclMastr (someone who leveled up to 99 in the very first portion of Final Fantasy VII over the course of 500 hours) puts it even better:
> It is because nothing has meaning unto itself that we are free to create meaning, to make metaphor, and in doing so reflect on ourselves and our world.
> It is because nothing has meaning unto itself that we are free to create meaning, to make metaphor, and in doing so reflect on ourselves and our world.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/4/11/15255852/final-fanta...