The bronze head is taking shape. In the past I always finished these pieces in one day. But lately I've taken more time in completing them. It's a luxury to be able to sculpt in a relatively leisurely manner.
But, to be clear, certain things need to be done very quickly. Or they can't be done at all. For instance, it's impossible to sequentially melt and form the bronze. It must be worked nearly simultaneously. Which seems like a contradiction. You can't go about it like an old person ambling down the street. You need to use rapid, practiced movements.
I'm reminded of Michelangelo, who impressed his younger assistants, when, as a man in his late eighties, he hammered the marble with his chisel. The great artist would "knock off a piece the size of your finger with each blow." That takes superior know-how. It can't be learned overnight. Or without years of powerful, unceasing, effort.
It's lucky for anyone to witness a master at work.