The pot is not the fountain.
But the fountain still exists — waiting for its moment.
What's YOUR pot? What did you put down that keeps calling you back?
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Three years ago I designed a 6-foot 3D printed fountain.
The client put a pot there instead.
That pot taught me something important about "failed" projects:
🧵 A thread on why unfinished ≠ dead
The real lesson:
- Keep the files
- Keep the sketches
- Keep the idea warm
The project you couldn't finish two years ago might be possible next month.
Skills improve. Tech advances. Circumstances shift.
Patience isn't giving up. It's strategic waiting.
Here's what most makers get wrong:
We treat unfinished projects like failures.
That half-built printer upgrade. The costume you started for a con. The design you sketched but never cut.
They sit there. Quietly accusing you.
But unfinished isn't the same as dead.
The project: A Fibonacci-sequence water feature for a high-end home in North Carolina.
CAD files done. Architect signed off. Design locked.
Then reality hit: No 3D printing material could survive 25 years of sun, water, and temperature swings.
Project stalled. Pot went in.
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