Saturday, October 7, 2006


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THE
SADNESS
OF
COMPLETION
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I've just completed a series of works consisting of 8 individual pieces that are interconnected on their final presentation.

They came out really nice. But they're done. Finally. After weeks of dedicated labor. And even though they're exactly like I had wanted them to be and I have no reason to feel sad, I feel sad anyway. Exactly because they're done.

I become friends with my works. They're my companions for however long it takes me to finish them. But then, like a much-loved child, they must leave me.

It's OK.
I'm not really in pain.
Just a tiny bit sad.
And I've already planted the sketched-out seed for my next creation, so that the future can smile at me with a kind invitation to get back to work again.

But just for today......I want to allow myself to feel empty, deserted, and sad, for a while.

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