This is why deconstruction is often confusing: it explores what is hidden, not only in written texts, but in ordinary daily language and life. Because people borrow language, it has meanings beyond individuals and cultures. It has a semantic life of its own, and its content can never be fixed. Sounds and syntax come into people's minds uninvited, with one word leading to still more words. Understanding this is a reflection that replaces the source of the reflection — the individual — and opens up meaning beyond self. In Derrida's Glas (book) and others he has written, "The Truth in Painting" for example (and creative works in general) Winquist argued, return us to the "other" and the "beyond" of multiple expressions, a base need for absolution ("the savior absolu").