GIMP feels like it’s still in the stage of being extremely powerful but awkward as heck to wield, like Blender used to be. Blender used to have a pretty unintuitive interface before getting a massive overhaul a few years back. GIMP could use a similar facelift IMO.
Reminds me of how Zeus cobbled together Pegasus from a handful of different kinds of clouds in Hercules.
“Hmm, let’s see here. A little cirrus… a touch of nimbostratus, and a dash of cumulus.”