Cornerstone of the Day ~ Art

I'm seeming to be attracted to French thinkers these days. Paul Valery, a broad intellectual that was perhaps as much poet as anything, said

"An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it."

"Abandonment" might not be much better than "not finishing" yet it sound like it was more of a choice perhaps? I guess the thing is that the art in my mind can at least be portable, although my materials and canvas of late are hardly so. Peace ... or War!