The End of the Year Is Not a Finish Line

The end of the year often feels like a deadline. Numbers to close. Goals to measure. Expectations to summarize.

In reality, it is something very different. It is a moment of alignment.

For those who work with their hands , time is not divided into quarters or reports. Time is measured in gestures, corrections, decisions made slowly.

In the atelier , the end of the year does not demand conclusions. It asks for honesty. To look at what has been done and understand what truly belongs to us.

Across cultures, moments of transition have always been treated with care. Not as endings, but as passages — a perspective widely recognized in anthropological studies . A shared human instinct that reminds us that continuity matters more than speed.

This is why craftsmanship resists acceleration. Because every object carries time inside it. Not the time it took to make it, but the time it was made for — a principle aligned with the philosophy of the Slow Movement .

When finishing a piece , especially at the end of the year, the question is never “Is it finished?” but “Does it feel right?”

The year does not end. It realigns. And from that alignment, work can begin again — with clarity, intention, and respect for time.