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Reminds me of Leonardo DaVinci's answer to the question, "Why so late?" when he was often late with his commissioned pieces of art. Not a few days or weeks late. Months, years and sometimes he would never deliver it. His response was, 'Because there was always something more to learn." I tell that story in every Keynote I deliver and in my programs especially when working with very seasoned Executives. No matter how many years experience we have, "There is always more to learn." :-)

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Oh, and my art is organization, order. That OCD thing again!

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My desk is rather 'dis' organized. I could use some of your 'artistic' talents. 😉

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I love this because I have so many unfinished writings that I keep working on. I understand now why I do. Thank you!

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You are most welcome, Arnaly!

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Nice thoughts yet the artist or any one creating has to come to an end to sell their works to get $ to continue to survive and thrive. If construction workers never completed a building they would not get paid it is in the contract and even fines associated with that action. Now on the abstract sense sure we know we are never truly finished learning and changing....simple solution...take the painting (say you sold) and make another just like it and just add what you would want to add. We do this with our lives....we must end a day and start a new one, one may blend into another but on the calendar it is finished. It is good to move on and not live in a constant present that is noted > “No person ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and they are not the same person.”― Heraclitus

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There is certainly a paradoxical element to this approach. Even having 17 paintings going at nce, the canvas is at some point covered on all of them. Or as you say the painting is sold. But is it sold as 'unfinished' in a deeper sense even as the canvas is covered. Hmmm.

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Perhaps but paintings once sold are sold as is and either perceived by the buyer as finished to their point and accepted in exchange for an agreed upon amount. The painter may be working on others which in their estimation may not be finished but once the painting is sold it is out of their hands and in all....finished whether they say so or not. When you were done a particular service at a speaking engagement or even a job did you consider the work done or did you hold on to say I was not finished. Abstract thinking is good to set the stage but unless the actors take the stage and complete the show and the audience goes home one can not say it is not finished and is but an illusion not reality.

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No last brush stroke. No finish line.

No last words? (Forever). Isn’t that divine?!

Beyond transcending. Never-ending.

By Peter Stipan, October 15, 2024

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I’m too OCD for “unfinished”; I need an ending to a project. Cleaned up. Done. Otherwise my world and mind feel cluttered; a mess. We do live in a time system here on earth. I realize, as divine beings, we are works in progress, moving, hopefully, towards reconnection with our creator/energy/source; that I can relate to, but earthly, tangible things and actions, once begun, are meant to be completed. Just my thoughts on it.

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