Damn it, it Happened Again. Spring Cleaning.

Time for organizing the studio again...good grief it's a mess.

 

There is something delightful about looking at a mess - it's more interesting to look at than just a minimal white surface.  It offers more color, shapes, and shadows.  Too bad this doesn't quite convince me that I shouldn't clean today.

 

It's spring again, and spring cleaning is due.  I found a great cleaning list that's particularly fast and easy on Real Simple:  Daily Quick Cleaning Checklist .  It's helpful and should take someone about a half an hour to complete and is just a daily routine to keep things under control.  It's maybe not as fast as what they claim on some of the tasks...the first time I did it, it took me about two hours.  haha!

 

I find that on this blog I write and talk a lot about cleaning and organizing.  Maybe it's because I blog most often on my days off and the regular household chores that go neglected are ready for my attention.  Another contributing factor could be that I make a lot of messes.  When I'm in the act of creating I just zone out and make a mess, or contribute to an existing mess.  I suddenly wonder who has made the mess, and what forces left scraps of paper about, how did they get on the floor, why is there charcoal ground into the carpet, and why is my cat covered in paint?  Then I move my fist about in the air waving it forcefully at the gods, and refill my coffee cup.

 

I then find myself in the corner facing a computer screen, writing about the cleaning I intend to do and inevitably get sidetracked with interesting news and fun to be had online, all the while ignoring it the mess.

 

Success.

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This isn't quite working either...you know where I'll be for the hour or so.