Pieces, series, derivations, and themes? Self-curating my own multiverse of potential exhibitions?

I think I'm on a cusp of maturity from thinking about each piece as an individual self-contained entity, to thinking of each as part of a wider context. Is this what JK was thinking when he urged me to revisit the 'closure' step in my art process? Probably!

I think of something as an individual piece if appears finished on it's own. However, a piece may not be a completed artwork, nor stand-alone. 

It might:

• Be a component of a larger artwork which doesn't make sense alone - e.g. the individual heads in "An month in my head"
• Be a semi-standalone 'piece' of a larger artwork whereby each 'piece' makes some sense alone, but is intended to be displayed as part of a set, the artwork comprising the 'set' as a whole - in this case I would resist displaying any piece without the others. An obvious example of this is the rivers-of-silver masks - I share them as I make them, but the artwork isn't finished or ready for display until all 5 masks are made - I've done 2 now, I need to make 3 more. Each mask makes more 'sense' in the context of the other 4, and the last one 'acceptance', only makes real sense in the presence of the others, and adds new meaning to the others - they are hopefully reflected in it, and it in them
• Be an item in a series, whereby each piece can standalone, but is significantly enhanced by the others, and shows a journey of development. I'd want to display them in complete series, but would consider displaying them in sub-sets, or individually. I don't think I have produced any series yet. I can't the designs in 'wish you were hear' a series, but I think I misspoke - they are all components of a single artwork 'wish you were hear'.
• Be linked to other artworks through common elements or by derivations - they would be stand-alone artworks, but the connections between the would be fairly obvious - e.g. the masks in rivers of silver, and the faces in my as yet unmade series of casts of my face. Or the wax heads in "a month in my head" and identical casts in other materials used for future projects like casting in ice and letting them melt. These links might involve a similar visual 'vocabulary' (e.g. cast heads, faces, mask) and/or might be linked more by derivation e.g. one would be inspired by the other and might borrow visual elements from it, but might also just be related conceptually e.g. works related to allowing literal decay of materials)
• Be linked thematically - form part of a larger body of work related to e.g. mourning and mental health

Of course, over time I think each piece will share more-and-more of these links to other pieces - they may be thematically related to some, use visual elements from others, and be derived from yet others... There are probably other ways things can be related too... I guess this increasingly becomes a case of 'curating' my own work, and finding ways to bring them together to have more impact. Huh!