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
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
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
It’s Not ‘Mess.’ It’s Creativity.
Opinion | It’s Not ‘Mess.’ It’s Creativity. (Published 2013)
new interview with Straith Schreder up on chainletter.info 📧 :p #realness #codingfun #authenticity
instagram.comSo we may need to think of ourselves as always living a double life, the one that we wish for and the one that we practice; the one that never happens and the one that keeps happening.
Adam Phillips • Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life
from Maya Man’s instagram
