Painting the water lily isn't the focus here - it's the how that is the key. And not only am I not really told how, I don't have much of a clue of how to do it either. Ambiguous assignments are only made worse when I have not read the corresponding text and basically have to fib my way through it and make stuff up as I go. I guess my uncanny ability to pull random ideas out of thin air comes in handy once in a while, but becomes less and less effective the more I use it because there is only so much bullshit I can come up with that doesn't sound like bullshit (and the rest is just bullshit). The dragonflies are probably giddy with delight that my brain has been left behind in the prehistoric bedragoned times.

With reference to "To Paint a Water Lily" by Ted Hughes.