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Things are, though, not so easy. The rongorongo texts are constructed like the pictures of Archimboldo:

(This person represents summer. Wikipedia)

In the overall text on a tablet there are several separate distinctive parts which can be interpreted as wholes. But they are always (I believe) meant to be read also from other directions. For instance must such a whole be a part in the greater picture.

If the perspective changes, then the picture will change. A head viewed from the backside is not the same as the head viewed from the front. Moon viewed at the beginning of a month is not like the moon we can see at the end of the month. Summer is not like winter.