How many pieces of paper are there?

I read the following article about the fullness of emptiness and this statement stuck out to me: > ...when we look at a sheet of paper, the sheet of paper is part of our > perception. Your mind is in here and mine is also, so we can say that > everything is in here in this sheet of paper. Now, the question is: prior to my perception of the paper, was it the same sheet of paper? Based on the article, my answer would be no. I would expound on that with the following thoughts: - prior to my perception of it, a paper exists that does not have my perception of it as an aggregate, **paper #1** - after my perception of the paper, a new paper came to exist consisting of all of the aggregates of **paper #1** plus my own perception, resulting in **paper #2** Conclusion: there are two distinct, co-existing pieces of paper. Thoughts?