In discussing issues of visualizing spirituality, one of the things which comes to mind is the question of 'scenes', whether to have them as studies or to consider them as works in themselves... to me, this is a given, that scenes are means to ends and not ends of themselves..... if there is a strong interest in the visual, then there is internally to it a theming going on which needs be brought to consciousness, explored, and utilized to better place the composition in accordiance to that theme/titling... in many cases, this would entail a shifting to including other material which would aid in the theming, rather than the work as a stand-alone..... otherwise, there is then within the work an idea being expressed, an issue of importance being noted, which needs, as said, be brought to consciousness for better metaphorical extrapolation...