What an evocative review! You're one of the people I have become the closest to this past half-a-year, and yet I feel like I have learned even more about you through reading this.
I appreciate the effect that my chosen image had on you! Picking it took me a while as I was afraid it would give the wrong impression given this isn't a "traditional" gaming experience by any means (and not a board game). It was also born out of necessity since I'm currently in Morocco and I did not have access to my drawing tablet, so I'm glad it worked out. I was inspired by Blake Andrews' use of stock images in posts such as this one. Also Irasutoya is a wonderful free-to-use library of images and I highly recommend using it.
17/20