January 1st Is Not a Beginning

January 1st is often described as a starting point. A clean page. A new chapter.

In reality, nothing truly begins on this day. Life does not reset. It continues—carrying what we have learned, what we have endured, and what we are becoming.

For those who work with their hands , continuity matters more than resolutions. The gesture does not restart with the calendar. It carries experience, mistakes, and decisions made slowly.

In the atelier, January does not arrive with noise. It restores focus. The same tools, the same space, the same discipline—seen now with a clearer eye.

If you want to understand where this discipline comes from, you can read my story here: Biography .

Across cultures, time has never been only linear. Alongside calendars, there is also the idea of cyclical time—made of returns, continuity, and passages. This perspective is widely explored in anthropological studies of time .

Craftsmanship belongs to this logic. It does not chase reinvention for its own sake. It seeks alignment—between intention, material, and meaning.

This is the same principle that guides my work and my direction: Vision .

When beginning a new piece—or continuing one already in progress—the question is never “What is new?” but “What deserves to remain?”

January 1st does not ask for declarations. It asks for presence. And from that presence, work continues—quietly, deliberately, and with respect for time.