UPDATED!!!! More On The Messy Desks Of Creatives
11:36 AMThis post was suppose to go up on Monday. Then Tuesday. Then Wednesday…you get the picture. And here it is Friday! Time has a way of flying no matter if you're having fun or not, but let's not get off on that tangent.
Several wonderful folks reached out to me to let me know their desks were messy too after seeing this post. (Yay! Now I don't feel like such an oddball. Okay, maybe I still do but for different reasons.)
So, without further ado…
The lovely Elva of Elva's Field Notes (great blog—check it out!) sent me photos of her desk and talked about some of the items that had landed there: bag of wild rice, jewelry, projects in progress and the usual mail and receipts that just seem to migrate to horizontal surfaces as if by magic:
Elva's Desk from Elva's Field Notes Blog |
Elva's Desk from Elva's Field Notes Blog |
Love the fun colors, Timaree! |
Desk Area Close-Up |
Love the organization, Winna! |
Is that a bundle of furry perfection…or destruction? |
Lots of pen work going on |
Thanks to all who have shared as it's nice to know we're not so very different after all!
Okay, two of these I forgot! My apologies to Jan and to Jeanne…can you tell I'm a little scattered these days?
So, Jeanne posted this image on her blog a few days back. You can just see her studio buddy below the table. Seems a lot of us have furry companions!
Jeanne Grant's Worktable |
Don't you just LOVE those fabulously yummy colors?! |
Love seeing all the fun things artists collect to put on their desks! |
You're very organized, Clare! |
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ReplyDeleteLove it! I feel downright neat! Of course, I didn't send photos of the piles on the floor...
ReplyDeleteI hate to put things away because I forget about them. I'm working on a system (haha) of reminders so that every single project that I want to accomplish in the next six months doesn't have to be on top of my desk (or, let's face it, on the floor of my office). It's still a work in progress, however.
This was such fun. Thanks Laure for sharing these. Just a personal note about the silhouette in the first picture of my space. It is a silhouette of me when I was in second grade. My teacher had a silhouette artist come to our class. She cut the silhouettes of each student free hand, then we made them into a card for Mother's Day. I had no idea that my mother had kept this and found it among her art supplies after she died. What a special treasure.
ReplyDeleteHa! That all looks very familiar. I have 2 tables and the surplus junk is swapped between the 2 of them - unless they are both full...
ReplyDeleteLynne
This is fun. I need to take a pix of mine. :) I recently sat at that desk of Elva's discussing art and testing paints and I recognize the work in the photo. Its always fun to see what other artists are working at and on.
ReplyDeleteSuch fun seeing these working spaces. I am glad everyone didn't "clean" up their space before the pictures were taken. I mean, really, my space gets cleaned up occasionally, before company comes usually but it and all I do are works in progress thus the mess.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Haiku comes from a dear friend, long gone now ….
ReplyDeleteSo immaculate this house
it emanates a vacuum
as does its mistress …. Phyllis Lesher
I don't think any of us need to worry about falling into this trap!
I thought these were going to be pictures of "messy" desks. :-) Actually they all look pretty inspiring to me!
ReplyDeleteLet's talk!