testing for done-ness

Here's a painting under way. It's not done yet, and there's no telling what might happen as I stand there and continue to throw paint (and caution) to the wind. I won't know what will stay and what will go, until it's all over.

It's a little like how I used to test spaghetti noodles for done-ness back in the 1970s when my hostessing skills were still rather rudimentary.

I would throw it on the ceiling.
If it stayed up there, it was done.