I've been noodling on this very slowly, a few hours at a time, when I feel too zonked to come up with something new.
I remember overhearing a painting teacher talking to another student about how painting was a series of finding something that was sticking out and pushing it back, over and over, and I'm totally getting that now. Only I'm kind of groping around for an answer.
Secondly, wow, this is a really terrible scrip. Dear Patreon, you do realize that certain words can be used in totally benign contexts, don't you?