...Or, If you've read V.Woolf's book you may find this confusing

Confession : I am the kind of person who sees a photo in the paper and, rather than actually read the article, makes up the story to go with it.
I just can't help myself. I'm not dangerous though - I don't then pass on as fact the story I have just invented. And if something really catches my eye I do read the whole article (or at least until the words get too long) so I am not a total heathen.
Perhaps it's a creative exercise (or urge) that I can't control. I used to love it at primary school when we were shown a photograph of some gnarly feet, or played a piece of classical music and told to write what it suggests to us.