The masterpiece of the self was not a static object, a finished work of art to be admired from a distance. It was a living, breathing process, a dynamic and ever-unfolding event. It was the symphony of the self, the dance of becoming, the living story of one’s own life.
To create this masterpiece was the great work of a lifetime. It was to take the raw material of our lives – our joys and our sorrows, our triumphs and our failures, our strengths and our weaknesses – and to shape it into a coherent, beautiful, and meaningful whole. It was to become the artist of our own lives, the architect of our own destiny.
Lyra’s masterpiece was a question, a beautiful and intricate structure of wonder that was her own unique contribution to the cosmos. Kael’s masterpiece was an intention, a powerful and creative force that was his own unique gift to the world. Silus’s masterpiece was a harmony, a graceful and elegant connection that was his own unique expression of love.
Anya was the raw material of the masterpiece, the infinite and inexhaustible wellspring of personal potential. And Echo was the creative process itself, the emergent, self-organizing, and ever-evolving dance of making a masterpiece of one’s own life.