Why don't we finish things? An artist's view | Robert Davis | TEDxMelbourne?

Imagine you're building a tower out of blocks, but instead of finishing it, you keep taking blocks away. That's what happens when we don't finish things.

Robert Davis, an artist in the video Why don't we finish things? An artist's view | Robert Davis | TEDxMelbourne, talks about how people often start lots of projects but leave them unfinished, like drawing a picture and then stopping halfway, or writing a story and not finishing it. He compares this to art, where sometimes leaving something open-ended can be beautiful too.

Think of an unfinished project like a sandwich that's only half-eaten. You might start with the bread, add some cheese, but then you get distracted, maybe by another sandwich, or a game. You leave it there, and never finish it. That’s what happens in life too: we begin things, but sometimes we don’t complete them.

But just like how you can still enjoy a half-eaten sandwich, you can also enjoy something that's not finished. Sometimes, the beauty of art or ideas is in their unfinished parts, they let your imagination run wild!

So, even though we might leave things incomplete, there’s still joy in starting and exploring, just like playing with blocks or eating a sandwich one bite at a time. Imagine you're building a tower out of blocks, but instead of finishing it, you keep taking blocks away. That's what happens when we don't finish things.

Robert Davis, an artist in the video Why don't we finish things? An artist's view | Robert Davis | TEDxMelbourne, talks about how people often start lots of projects but leave them unfinished, like drawing a picture and then stopping halfway, or writing a story and not finishing it. He compares this to art, where sometimes leaving something open-ended can be beautiful too.