Hey thanks, that was a really interesting read! and I'm glad you see the relation to the Treachery of Images. I'm very inspired by surrealism as a whole, and also - Bret Victor references it in his Stop Drawing Dead Fish talk!
Specifically, I was very inspired by this exhibition I visited -
Surrealism Beyond Borders - which covered a much wider range of artists than we usually associate with the movement.
And I enjoyed that many of them rejected the typical western surrealism (like the Treachery of Images), and its intellectualism.
It resonated with me a lot, and as my minor act of mild-rebellion I say "this IS a pipe" and "this IS a fish"