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
Tim Noble and Sue Webster – Art Works for Change
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a man defines himself by his make-believe as well as by his sincere impulses.
Albert Camus • The Myth of Sisyphus (Vintage International)
Cleanliness—as the saying goes, and many of us have probably internalized—is next to godliness. To be clean: good. To be messy: bad. While cleanliness might indicate a space free of many things, it’s heavily ladened with value judgement.
We reflect that judgement onto ourselves, resulting in the shame that’s present in that third question in my... See more
We reflect that judgement onto ourselves, resulting in the shame that’s present in that third question in my... See more
The Mess of a Creative Space
A lot more people would start a YouTube channel if view counts weren’t visible
Ryan Hoovertwitter.com
from Maya Man’s instagram
But maybe this is who he really is, maybe we go through life never actually being ourselves, mostly never being ourselves. Maybe we spend most of our decades being someone else, avoiding ourselves, maybe a man is only himself, his true self, for a few days in his entire life.
Charles Yu • How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: A Novel
It'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.