Still in progress, but better
I’ve done a lot of cleaning and organizing. My art room feels better. Not there yet.
My work desk is an old wallpaperer’s table. It’s just the right dimensions for the space, which thrills me today just as much as it did when we moved in. However, the surface is not flat. This causes a lot of difficulty, when cutting especially. Somehow I manage.
The guest room still has a lot of the stuff that was crammed into the art room. It is in somewhat manageable piles at this point. I have a feeling much of it will go in the trash, reducing by size quite a bit. But – I need to go through it.
This process has been intense and not enjoyable. I’m glad I’m doing it though. I was feeling dragged down by the accumulations of things that aren’t meaningful and that I probably will never use. Did I think I would be making so many collages that I needed so much paper? I don’t really make many collages at all. Is it a packrat tendency? My dad was a bad packrat, I’d even say a hoarder. He filled up a three-story house with piles of magazines and newspapers, and other things his children, mostly a brother and a sister, eventually had to throw into dumpsters. I have a few of his things, carefully chosen. The cardboard box of his papers came with me at the last minute.
So it’s an experience of letting go. I think it’s time to switch focus. To start enjoying the new space more and taking a slower pace with the remaining piles.
Grace at windthread is talking about “release.” It is a strong theme in my life right now. A quote from my favorite Buddhist teacher of the moment, Ajahn Sucitto, just a fragment, but it’s sticking in my mind.
“the possibility for a beautiful, enhancing life that actually is taking release as its theme…”
Ajahn Sucitto, from audio here: The Domain of Release
a wallpaperer’s table … how cool … and I love that little chest with its carved drawers, a perfect partner for the chair that sits beside it …
I’ve been avoiding my guest room/art storage space … I never stay there long, just run in to use the printer or ironing board or paper cutters … the bed is a dangerously horizontal space that serves as impromptu storage … ugh … what a mess!
It is a sweet little chest, I’ve always been happy with it. Sometimes I use the guest room bed as workspace but that makes me so uneasy. Currently using the top of the washing machine, but that project is almost done.
Wath a lovely view out of that window you have … inspired i gues .
It look like we love the same collor for the small cuberd as i do ..? nice
I love that turquoise blue paint! I used to have that chest in a room painted a bright yellow green, but we’ve moved to a different house. Not as nice against white walls but maybe someday I’ll paint them.
Okay, so I didn’t eve know that there was such a thing as a “wallpaperer’s table”! However, just today I was thinking how nice it would be to have an oversized, wood, rectangular Everything table…a place for art, paint, eating etc.
We have no space for any table at this point…but we do have space for musical instruments and recording equipment! lol
I didn’t either until we saw one in my neighbor’s garage sale in Connecticut. I impulsively bought it (cheap), not knowing anything about the space available in Maine. It has wallpaperer features like straight edges for tearing and a big wooden ruler. The height is good for working standing up, or sitting on a stool.