My small studio gets clutter claustrophobia from time to time....usually 4 times a year. It gets so bad I don't want to go into the work space.
Just like those programs on HGTV when they do make-0vers, I notice that they remove EVERYTHING from the room so they start with a blank canvas. I have yet to be able to do that to my studio. I clear off all the surfaces and then just 'sit' in the solace and serenity. It's like freeing myself from a bunch of bees that are acting pesky and being a nuisance. I call clutter "ENERGY ROBBERS."
I have to do it when I know my energy is high.
It never ends!! Making messes is what we artists do. Too much mess means it has become a "visual noise." That makes the artist in me shut down. I don't like the feeling of being "shut down." Ken Auster can paint in chaos and produce magic. I'm not Ken.
Just like those programs on HGTV when they do make-0vers, I notice that they remove EVERYTHING from the room so they start with a blank canvas. I have yet to be able to do that to my studio. I clear off all the surfaces and then just 'sit' in the solace and serenity. It's like freeing myself from a bunch of bees that are acting pesky and being a nuisance. I call clutter "ENERGY ROBBERS."
I have to do it when I know my energy is high.
It never ends!! Making messes is what we artists do. Too much mess means it has become a "visual noise." That makes the artist in me shut down. I don't like the feeling of being "shut down." Ken Auster can paint in chaos and produce magic. I'm not Ken.