​I don't know about you but I paint over my paintings regularly as I just can't afford new canvasses everytime I have a new idea. Then I usually say goodbye to the old one and proceed.
It occurred to me that, that is what Tibetan Monks do when they make sand paintings. They work for days to make a beautiful mandala with coloured sand, then at the end blow it all away.
A reminder of impermanence of life as we know it.

We have substituted FOOD FOR THE SOUL with FOOD FOR OUR GUT! The proof is in all the championing done in media and TV of celebrity chefs and 10 page spreads of recipes and people proudly identifying themselves as FOODIES.
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Yes cooking is also a creative endeavour and can be done in an artful way, but the end goal is still to satisfy the palette and the gut. Everything in life can be artfully done and everyone can be creative BUT only artist's goals are to uplift the soul, especially since formal religion is slowly decaying. Artists who were once celebrated in these same journals and media are now relegated to business course and wall decorations.

Our society has killed the soul by negligence and ignorance and thereby is killing art as well by supporting mickey mouse and pop art. Nothing remotely transcendent is being shown in galleries, unless it is being mocked.
We now worship not only money BUT our GUTS and possibly ABS as the proliferation of stuffy gyms takes over from walks in NATURE, where our souls could have been uplifted too.