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The client purchased this LED sculpture before even I knew what the end result would be. But as the weeks went on, I loved it more and more, and I started to regret selling it. I needed to make a decision. Cancel the order or prepare it for shipment.
I thought about how this decision reveals something deeper about art. Is it a product or a piece of your life? When you create something meaningful, you're putting part of yourself outside of yourself. It isn't just wood and lights. It's time, money, [music] struggle, identity. So, when someone says, "Why don't you sell it?" I feel like they're asking, "Why don't you sell that chapter of your life?"
But then some believe art only becomes complete when it leaves the artist. That once it exists, it doesn't belong to you anymore. Keeping it might actually limit it. Letting it go might free it.
And then there's another way to look at it. When someone commissions a piece, it's no longer just self-expression. It's a collaboration built on trust. They're trusting you with something that doesn't exist yet. Trusting your taste, your discipline, your word. And in that sense, the work isn't just about what I want to keep. It's about whether I honor the agreement that made it possible.
So, I packed it carefully and I shipped it. That's the job. I hope it's cared for and I hope they see what I saw in it.