The myth of the perfect, clean workspace
a moodboard on the performance of perfection and the mess of creative work.
The myth of the perfect, clean workspace
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
―
Kurt Vonnegut,
Mother Night
―
Kurt Vonnegut,
Mother Night
A quote from Mother Night
Makers Gotta Mess
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from Maya Man’s instagram
new interview with Straith Schreder up on chainletter.info 📧 :p #realness #codingfun #authenticity
instagram.comIt's a false binary to say “artists are messy” or to assume that those with well-organized and cleaned studios somehow aren’t doing creative work. We all come to our creative practice in our own way. A societally-induced value judgement on “clean” vs. “messy” has however lodged itself deep within us.
The Mess of a Creative Space
a man defines himself by his make-believe as well as by his sincere impulses.
Albert Camus • The Myth of Sisyphus (Vintage International)
You see, I have always found it difficult to understand that in fact one can only be oneself. Who else could you be? Changeability and hypocrisy and performance are parts of who we are. And what is empirical reality, anyway?