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What ever mode one is composing in, there is truth unique to it. While they share many of the same rules the beauty comes in what rules make it unique. On a side note, I have experienced dreams where arts integrate. Where I can hear the music of a novel and I can see a portrait of a piece of music. Anyone else ever experience this? For some reason, I never question its impossibility while dreaming...

Deciding whether an individual piece of music should be absolute or if it should be tied together with other arts is entirely the prerogative of the composer. I believe it is entirely possible for the arts to be separate AND unified at different times and in different circumstances. Like when separate TV shows sometimes have crossovers. They don't have to be together, but they can be. It's not as if we're actually mixing water and dirt to make mud. We're mixing paints to get new colors. It's definitely ok to do that.