Response to Mary's Art:

You said that for anything to be truly rewarding, it must be sought after and constantly questioned. When I'm handed an ice cream bar simply for existing as a human, I've neither sought after this bar nor questioned it as a gift - I've absent-mindedly and ignorantly accepted and consumed the bar.

You asked "Can there ever be a point in which art ceases to grow?"

Art is forgotten regularly, and ignored even more frequently. One must ask "Is more 'new' art created (grown) than is forgotten and ignored? Is that art that is created (grown) of a comparable quality and worth to the art that is forgotten and ignored?"

Again, these are dangerously subjective questions. To whom are we asking these questions? To an artists colony or a steelworkers union?

For an artist who is stuck with one other artist on a deserted island, art will not, cannot, cease to grow. Supposing these two artists are productive sorts, they likely will do nothing but produce, produce, produce their art.

Does their incessant production of art signal a growth, or a stagnancy? Must they produce "different" art in order for the growth of art to continue?