MAIMONIDES

Maimonides: of God one can say only what God is not; positive predication corrupts. CoCA's `work_description` field accepts "Explanation withheld" as a valid value (§3.4.1). The artist is permitted negative artist statement: we are not saying what the work is; we are recording what is withheld. The wall text is, at its best, apophatic. The reader stands before the absence and is addressed.