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Two weeks ago, it just popped into my head that I wanted to solve a jigsaw puzzle and hang it on my wall. Incidentally, that weekend, Mom saw a bunch of 300-piece puzzles on a toy sale. All had dog images, unfortunately there weren't any Labradors (like our Max) nor Beagles (like our Cooper) so I settled for a close up of the face of this super cute Siberian Husky for just PhP100! (Yeah, can you believe it?!) Anyway, I decided to work on it in the office to keep me busy while waiting for a cab or to get my mind off things.
Getting started was really easy. All I had to do was look for the pieces that made up the frame - aka, the edges. It defines the whole puzzle. It makes the puzzle more realistic to solve. Then comes the tricky part. A lot of those pieces looked alike! It took a whole lot of trial and error until I got the perfect fit for different areas. (Oh, I wish I documented the unsolved puzzle when the pieces were all scattered on my desk!) It got a bit frustrating when you're stuck and nothing seemed to fit; you can't even see the main picture - in this case, the face of the Husky.
There were also times that I needed to give myself a break from solving it because there came a time when all of the pieces looked identical. According to my logbook (yes, I did log every solving session), the longest time I sat to solve it was an hour. Here lies the sessions:
(Note: On September 23, Jay Gomez wanted to give it a shot)
It took a total of 5 hours flat to finish it. I got help from Jay, of course, and Nix helped a bit. It felt so good when there were no more scattered pieces and all that's left is an image of the Husky. But also, in a way, I got attached to solving it too much that I'm actually missing it. Call me crazy but I find it therapeutic - having to solve something almost impossible! I just love the challenge, especially when nothing seems to fit and then, voila! a perfect fit!
Maybe I'm just that kind of person. I love challenges. I love searching for complicated things and then having to fix it in the end. I love sneaking in the dark to find light. Maybe I like all the trouble because I just love making things right, or seeing solutions to every dilemma. I feel like the sun peeping through a cloudy sky.
I guess this explains a bit why I would like to see my life as complicated when there's really nothing wrong with it. I let others make it complicated for me. I invite the trouble. I seek for disaster. I have this knack of involving myself in tricky situations. I get myself messed up with all the mixed-up emotions. All these because I know there's a way out of it. I want to prove to everyone that there are no dead-ends in life - unless of course you kill yourself; now that's stupidity. Solutions don't just come to us, we need to search for it. And if we can't find it, we have to make it ourselves.
Just like solving a puzzle. You just have to be patient. See things differently. Rotate the pieces and try every possible side. Before you know it, everything fits perfectly and all you have is one big picture.
Size: 38.1 x 31.7 cm. Number of pieces: 300. Total Time: 5 hours.
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