{"id":1310,"date":"2012-05-30T22:16:57","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T05:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.wordpress.com\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2012-05-30T22:16:57","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T05:16:57","slug":"work-in-progress-art-and-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2012\/05\/30\/work-in-progress-art-and-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Work in Progress: art and life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1257\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/112-mayufo.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1257\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1257\" title=\"May painting in progress\" src=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/112-mayufo.jpg?resize=432%2C432\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">May painting a work progress with only under-painting done<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week has been full, I mean full. Full of work, full of anticipation, full of friendship, full of anxiety, full full full, I am full. \u00a0And so I share with you my unfinished work. May in it&#8217;s underwear. \u00a0I could not complete this painting. \u00a0As a person who lives by lists and due dates this unfinished goal is a blot on my literal record of things done and things left undone. \u00a0But there is some liberation in this admission, once admitted, that I could not possibly complete this painting of May in the month May. So there it is, what at first feels like failure becomes a reason to reflect and rethink, release and recalibrate. \u00a0So I added to my todo list, right under \u2022finish May painting for calendar series, \u2022write about not finishing May painting for blog. \u00a0It is good to be reminded that we are never finished with this thing we call life. 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