Can content exist on its own?

By its very definition, paratext cannot be the body of the text, but considering how interdependent they are, it forces us to reexamine what constitutes the body of a piece. It is impossible for a body of work to exist without paratext because it must be presented, and thus it must be presented in a particular way. If there was a universal template for the presentation of literature, an author could minimize the use of paratext to expose a “true body”, but there would still be something expressed when using that universal template. If font size and type are accepted as forms of paratext, there is no real way to only have the body of work, so may be the idea of written body is a paradox. May be the body of work only exists on a conceptual level, and if it only exists on the conceptual level, does it exist at all? An idea in an author’s head is just an idea unless it is expressed to others. An author could simply vocalize a piece which could avoid the problem of fonts, but context is another form of paratext. In order for a piece to exist, it must be expressed outside the mind of the author, and it cannot be expressed except through language which is intrinsically connected to paratext. In its most basic form, the content of a body of work could be the idea before it is expressed.