The most successful creators don’t make many things. They make the same thing, many times.
Or at least, things that rhyme.
For example, I like watching an Instagram-famous chocolatier make elaborate chocolate art. It’s always amazing. But it doesn’t take long to realize that each video is basically the same. The details are different, but the story, the impact, the art is consistent.
I’d say the same was true of Beethoven, of Monet, of Hitchcock.
And the same is true of you and me, too. My arrangements are all different in their specifics, but if I’m successful, they are all the same kind of thing. Goodness knows all Gene Puerling arrangements rhyme, and so do Phil Mattson arrangements, and Darmon Meader arrangements. Z. Randall Stroope’s pieces rhyme, and so do Abbie Betinis’s.
If I went far enough back, I’d find early chocolate videos that don’t match his current expression. That’s how it is when we’re learning what our art is – we try things until we find an expression that matches our intention and our skills. Then, we keep creating more art that rhymes.