Closer. Painting is a recursive process. You make an attempt, which is almost never it, so you make another attempt right on top of the first. It gets you closer, or it gets you farther. Either way, you attempt again. Somewhere between five and forty attempts, you find it. The shape you were searching for. To get it right the first time would be an incredible fluke, like a hole in one on a golf course; a pat on the back would be in order, but only a fool would approach the next tee expecting such lucky results again.
