0 a canvas (= a piece of strong, rough cloth used by artists) or other surface that has nothing painted on it: --
He devised special costumes, which the dancers soak in paint offstage, and as they dance, the paint is "transferred" to a blank canvas secured to the stage floor.
Interior designers rarely work with a blank canvas and the licence to do absolutely anything they want.
A 60-year-old can no longer be regarded as a blank canvas, however. Life events leave their mark.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.