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
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?
Matthew J. C. Clark • Bjarki, Not Bjarki
I think we seek out and soak up productivity pablum because we’re ashamed of ourselves. We embarrassed that we can’t get our work done. We’re angry with ourselves for slacking off. Why can’t you just send those emails? And so we beg productivity gurus to make us better.
Adam Mastroianni • Excuse Me but Why Are You Eating So Many Frogs
This makes its way into our subconscious, influencing our own tendency to crop things out or move things around if we’re going to take a picture of our creative space. Oh the horror if someone were to learn that real life was happening in the same place you make art!