January was a difficult month, a long month. <\/p>\n
Two trips, one to Florida, another to Maine. <\/p>\n
Now it is over. (Finished?)<\/p>\n
The concept of “finished.”<\/p>\n
Bachelard – “It is better to live in a state of impermanence than in one of finality.” (POS 61)<\/p>\n
Working on “the unfinished house” as a koan. <\/p>\n
John Tarrant – koans “encourage you to make an ally of the unpredictability of the mind and to approach your life more as a work of art.” (Bring me the rhinoceros, 2)<\/p>\n
A prison cannot be unfinished. <\/p>\n
A house can be unfinished, but not finished. <\/p>\n
A work of art can be both finished and unfinished. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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