Originals and Reproductions: The difference in Communication

'Original paintings are silent and still in a sense that information never is. Even a reproduction hung on a wall is not comparable in this respect for in the original the silence and stillness permeate the actual material, the paint, in which one follows the traces of the painter's immediate gestures. This has the effect of closing the distance in time between the painting of the picture and one's own act of looking at it.'

This quote from John Berger's 'Ways of Seeing' suggests that the physical properties of a painting are a direct communication between the artist and yourself, the viewer. The brushstrokes are a direct link between the painting's creation and the time when you look at the painting today. Meaning that every time you create a reproduction you capture a moment in time that resembles a said image but does not carry the original method and materials. The nearest metaphor i could think of, would be to have an original recording of a song, and have a reproduction recording made from a mic in front a speaker. You would be recording the sound of the speaker vibrating rather than the instruments themselves, as you would be taking a picture of brushstrokes, instead of having the original brushstrokes.