Hehe, thank you. It's fun trying to copy a painting like this, finding props and arranging them to be just right, or as close as is possible. ;)

Yes, I would agree with that assessment. I have ideas in my head about the kind of photos that I want to take, and how I will process them, and to some extent I mentally project those ideas on the scene in front of me. And definitely having a vision in mind already helps to distill order from the chaos of a scene and more quickly hone in on the best vantage points to make that vision come to life. Although I've never thought about it that way until you mentioned it.