[Dylan16807]

> The closest western way of thinking to be is, "It is not the about the destination but the journey"

For the Mona Lisa, I think favoring the original is caring about the journey. You can use the same techniques but you can never recreate the circumstances the painting was made in.

In the dichotomy of destination and journey, using the same craft to recreate a centuries-old portrait gets you something like an A for destination but a D+ for journey.

For a temple, the craftsmanship is probably a bigger part of the journey, but it's still only a part.