what is memesis from a buddhist perspective?

What is the Buddhist view regarding mimesis ? Mimesis is imitation of nature. How might a Buddhist explain it? > At first glance, mimesis seems to be a stylizing of reality in which > the ordinary features of our world are brought into focus by a certain > exaggeration, the relationship of the imitation to the object it > imitates being something like the relationship of dancing to walking. > Imitation always involves selecting something from the continuum of > experience, thus giving boundaries to what really has no beginning or > end. The wiki page also says "presentation of the self", so maybe it refers to formality in public. Perhaps it has many meanings. The feeling of catharsis comes about as a result. This seems more like fiction (drama), although the philosopher is quoted "drama is imitation of action". Regardless, I am primarily trying to understand the role of mimesis in *regular* life. Is it just faking and self-deception?