Pamela Holderman

Monday, August 8, 2011

comfort, clutter, creativity

are you one who would rather create than clean?

how about one who makes a mess while creating

and does not clean until the project is complete?

I would check 'yes' to both...

she so agrees with me.

I just don't understand the magazines (although I do love peering into them)

that show artist's studios with no clutter or mess... seriously?

so that's why this book is dear to my heart.

Mary Randolph Carter tackles the question of how we live

and what is important.

she says,

Clutter is the poetry of our homes. It is a fingerprint of an experience, a souvenir of our childhoods,

an expression of our humor, a collection of things that we just can't live without.

Clutter gives life to ordinary things...

she includes this photo of Calder's studio..

oh how I would love to work here

Source: flickr.com via Pamela on Pinterest

love this mess...

Source: flickr.com via Pamela on Pinterest

and this table...

and paint splatters...

Source: kikicolore.blogspot.com via Pamela on Pinterest

and love the light here.

Mary concludes,

Clutter is a grand parade that follows us all our days,

from a playpen filled with toys to the scrapbooklike walls of our college dorms,

our first work cubicles, our first apartments,

and the places we call home.

Embrace it, make peace with it,

take control of it, share it, reorganize it,

and when the time seems right,

bid it farewell.

have not gotten there yet.

Doug and his friend have been painting doors in his friend's 'man studio'.

Ok I want a place to create like this.

He has garage doors on both ends that open,

a place to work on cars,

he has slowly refurbished this beautiful boat

and this is an important and....

a place to watch tv, refrigerator, wood burning stove

and he invites friends over for a little guy time -

see the boat sign in the corner? that's the spot.

hmmm I want a 'woman studio' where we can all play.

and btw the friend assured me he loves to make a mess and then when the project is over,

he loves cleaning it up too.

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and then I seem to have an addiction to pieces that reign in that clutter -

remember this find at ABC Home Store?
still wish I could have snuck it in my suitcase.

and Nick likes everything in its place and then he's ready to create -
got him this cool etsy book bag just so his art supplies could be mobile.
OK I strayed -
guess that's where my mind is lately.

now as a postscript you may remember we cut down these trees right outside of the small office my husband and I share...
hmmm... don't you think it would be a perfect spot for a 'woman studio'?
I could teach art and everyone could come over and play...
oh my the addition brain is churning over ideas and just won't quit.
and then I could leave it as messy as I wanted,
and leave 6 projects going at once and not feel guilty for the mess right?
can't say my blogging mojo has returned,
but I do have two art retreats to share with you next time.
until then.

Saturday, July 23, 2011

blogging mojo is lost- reward if found

need to post a sign on a tree that says -

blogging mojo is lost -

reward if found

seems she just up and walked away...

and i have been waiting patiently for her return
just like this fellow.
instead i am left trying to be smart and funny on my own -

nothing
the brain cells are struggling to get magic to happen...
maybe she went on summer vacation with us and decided not to return.

i would have stayed here too if i had a choice...
(view from our balcony)

instead i came home to so many house upkeep projects
such as
redoing the floors while we were on vacation

and fighting giant moles -

just kidding, although we do have those too.

these are our septic tank lids which needed cleaning too

(and thank goodness not by me )
and

this week we had trees falling left and right
and others being pruned -
looked like a war zone.

and then add 3 cavities filled plus 5 more to go, etc. etc. blah, blah
you get the idea.
well i need another vacation

so off to Lake Chelan

to visit one of my bestest friend
to create jewelry and paint and visit wineries
and soak in the sun

(did I mention she has a hot tub and a pool?).

so maybe i will find my mojo out touring the wineries enjoying the sunshine
and just maybe i can bribe her
with a bottle of wine or promise to paint her picture or
buy her a magical croissant at the french bakery on the way home

because I really do miss her and need her back.
see you in a week unless i decide to stay...