Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

it's funny, every time i listen to an album or see a piece of art i assume it's holistic in its original form (hence my morbid aversion to remastered albums), but i never pay mind to the oodles of songs and pieces of art which i can't bring myself to disseminate because they're "not finished".

i feel that the true goal of being an artist isn't expression but self-discovery. it's the pursuit of your own creative intellect that enables you to learn from yourself. in that way, your painting may never be finished but it will certainly be something you can gain knowledge from.