I think an artist always has something that drove them to create. They may not need to fully understand it to realize the vision their drive/creativity had. And at any rate, art is an interpretive thing. Art is always interpreted by those seeing/hearing/experiencing it. Their interpretation is not necesarily the same or similar to what the artist intended, and this is impossible to prevent, nor should it. We each bring our own internalized definitions and experiences everywhere we go and this will also tend to affect our impression of things. Given this concept, no two people will interpret anything the same. With this in mind, it doesn't even matter if the artist understands their own vision.
Sorry for the mini-rant, but a point I feel personally on.
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