The TV seems full of obligatory nods to those January resolutions….loose weight, save money, get organized. Here’s something in our house that’s a head-shaker: I have to declutter and clean up to feel ready to work. Whether I’m cooking, or taking a day off, or starting a new project. It helps me clear a mental path so I can think.
Michael, on the other hand, can work in utter chaos. At the moment he is oil painting in a 10 x 10 room that every inch of space is already covered with equipment, paper, and dust. And now he is painting about 5 different canvases from a chair with the canvas on top of the computer keyboard. Scraps of cardboard with paint overfloweth on top of every surface. The spare chair is filled with the assemblage he “will get back to.” And he has been working like that for days. I think it is the most amazing thing! How does he do it?! Is this normal??
So, I’d love to hear from other folks on this issue. How much does it matter, for you to get going on a project, if your space is cluttered up? I don’t care if your project is sewing, cooking, blogging, art, what-ever. I would be interested in the feed back.
And for fun, if you leave a comment for the rest of us to read, you will be entered in a random drawing for one of the small tile pieces we carry at the gallery.
Free stuff for fun! Can’t wait to hear about the clutter habits out there!
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www.etsy.com/shop/TheBeatGallery and our sister biz blog http://beatgallery.wordpress.com
And at the gallery The Beat Gallery, 109 W Perkins, Ukiah, CA 95482 707 462 4180
Michael and Susan, owners/assemblage artists.
I have a fabulous studio for textile and fiber work. I cut a doorway through to a small bedroom to create the “annex” to the studio, where I do paper and collage and printing type work. Recently I took over another bedroom for storage. In the back yard I have a shed set up as a tile studio. All these spaces are full of wonderful material, and I end up clearing edges of counters and tables to find space to work. Things are pretty well sorted, but I like to work with everything readily accessible! (I actually have to do the lino prints in the kitchen so I can use the table for a work surface and the surrounding half height walls for drying surfaces.) I love being creative!