This is the title of a painting that I am working on currently, shown below. The title relates to 'the  slogan 'Ending Is Better Than Mending' from 'A Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley to promote the idea, widespread in society that we shoould not mend, but rather throw away . The novel shows a dystopian future, while my painting reverses the slogan to evoke a utopian scene in which there is a large and much frequented 'Repair' shop as well as one to 'Exchange'.

As I work on the painting I feel happy, but there is an anxiety about bringing the painting to its final stage without darkening the mood.

I am documenting work on the painting by video a,nd will post this as well as the finished work.