Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from within.
It doesn't matter how the paint is put on, as long as something is said.
I continue to get further away from the usual painters tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc. I prefer sticks, trowels, knives and dripping fluid paint or a heavy impasto with sand, broken glass or other foreign matter added.