What does the image depict? That is where you come in. It is completely up to you to decipher the light rays and turn the abstract and the thoughts into something specific, into reality. And it is pretty much the same when it comes to the future!
A simple abstract created with one camera without a lens, a wine glass, and a flash light. The light refracts on the foot of the glass and is captured by the sensor of the camera. By moving the glass a millimeter at a time and slowly spinning it around the image cast by the glass changes.