the unfinished house

January was a difficult month, a long month.

Two trips, one to Florida, another to Maine.

Now it is over. (Finished?)

The concept of “finished.”

Bachelard – “It is better to live in a state of impermanence than in one of finality.” (POS 61)

Working on “the unfinished house” as a koan.

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)

A prison cannot be unfinished.

A house can be unfinished, but not finished.

A work of art can be both finished and unfinished.