The end of a project?

The last time I wrote something here, the 45 day project I was participating in was about to start. I just just finished creating something that was an important element of the project, and the creation of that item needed to be done in preparation. And now...well, it has been 45 days, so has the project ended?

Yes and no.

The structured project, with the ritual everyone involved in the project was doing, has ended. It's time to write up reports, combine them, pass them out, let us all see what was happening across the project as a whole. All I have to do is write my part, send it in, and study the greater results when it all gets sent out. I'm not part of combining everything and sending it out. The formal project has ended.

On a personal level...maybe it's not that simple. There were things that popped up during this project that I know aren't contained to just what we've been doing for 45 days. There are also things that seem to be more personal, or at least weave very deeply into personal work I was already doing. It feels like a big part of this work was guiding me for other work. It's not something that gets the loose ends neatly tied off and all of it shoved into a box. There are elements that will continue to be part of my work, at least for a while.

And what about the ugly ritual icon I crafted in my feverish state? Maybe it's not really "ugly". It's not fancy. It's not smooth. It's not aesthetically attractive to me. It doesn't fit my tastes of preference when it comes to art. None of that actually means it isn't exactly what it needed to be. It works. It works well. That's what matters.

I wore my amethyst and garnet ring for the full formal project. I have my reasons for tucking it away again. I also have a feeling I'll be getting it out again for certain works at certain times.