'My Friends Both Say It's Finished'

I think I have a lot of work to do on it and don't really think it's "right", but....

Brian Goslow: "Leave it! Let the viewer decide what the status of its roots are, whether it's thriving or barely holding on. And if you touch any of the white area above the groundwater line, you'll have to create a whole never focus for the piece ... and you don't really do gremlins or Little Red Riding Hoods well ..."