Laying New Track

[Craft - V]

A builder finishes a project.
A manufacturer completes an order, ships, and sends.
A lawyer closes a case.
A fireman/woman extinguishes a fire (or rescues a kitten).

For an artist, there is no completion of their craft.

Creative expression is never a terminal to which an artist arrives. A painting may be finished, or an album recorded and produced, but an artist's work is an ever-evolving and expanding enterprise. An artist is always laying new track.

An artist is committed to the craft that is the track yet laid.

(Yes, a builder, manufacturer, lawyer, and fireman/woman can engage their work as an artist, too. But it first must be seen as a craft.)