The problem with "from" and "to" is - which is the from and which is the to?

Is the "from" the file/dir I want to copy "to" a link?

Or is the "from" the name of a link I want to point "to"?

The dual meaning of some terms that the concept of links and making links creates causes a lot of this confusion, IMHO. Are we using terminology that refers to the act of creating the link or that refers to the direction of the link?

Similarly, I don't think it helps that the usage text and manpage for ln refer to "target"s.

(I know what you mean by your examples but I wanted to share my pet theory as to why this is always so hard to remember)