The wizard and orb illustration comes from a choose your own adventure-style Lord of the Rings gamebook

My favorite takes on the meme, including one that was way ahead of the curve:

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— g̷̼̈́l̵i̴t̵ςђ єгเร (@GlitchHeaux) November 30, 2021

you're just PONDERING the orbs meanwhile I'm out here like pic.twitter.com/ziwdhNZQtp

— G.P. (@mousefountain) November 30, 2021

(Heavy Metal May 1982.)

Good morning, this was an iPhone and now it is a cursed orb pic.twitter.com/cbua3oPiSK

— Ingrid Burrington (@lifewinning) October 9, 2018

Friday night in Berlin: @lifewinning grinds down an iPhone, restructuring “one all-seeing object of divination and control into another.” First image from @jamesbridle’s AGENCY opening at @NomeProject. Process images from via @lifewinning. pic.twitter.com/OzXlV1gfKM

— Elise Misao Hunchuck (@elisehunchuck) October 28, 2018

There will probably be more orbs made in the future, please give me your old phones

— Ingrid Burrington (@lifewinning) October 9, 2018

And the art:

For me 2021's most surreal flourish has come right at the end where I keep seeing this Saruman off one of my old Lord of the Rings choose-your-own-adventure books all over the god damned place pic.twitter.com/ZctuCrw0VG

— Y Ddraig Gawl (@MaiaFranklyn) November 30, 2021

(Available at Amazon and ebay, but steep.)