Creative Experiment #1

And so begins the creative experimentation.....

From DaisyYellow  

Creative Experiment #1: {1 point} Make a plan for making art this month. 

 In an earlier post Tammy lists some of the things that can be included in 'planning' and I suspect that for many people the most crucial one is finding chunks of time each day to make some art. Being unemployed it isn't time for me so much as motivation. I have to get up and DO IT.

Another is a space to create, I have always had a desk space but rarely has it ever been anything close to tidy and most of the time, the desk is burried under mail and other aassorted crap.

This is a picture of my desk a year ago as I pledged to sort it. It has improved and takes up less of the room but is still buried. Now that I use a laptop I don't need to have access to the keyboard. mouse and clear view of the screen so everything gets dumped there.

I have always been jealous of people with huge spaces dedicated to their creative endeavours (haven't we all) and hoped one day I would have a little space to call my own. Perhaps a spare bedroom.

Since this picture was taken there has been a lot of change in the house. Then, humans outnumbered cats 4 to 3 but in the spring my MIL (who has alzheimers) became too difficult to care for at home and entered a residential facility where she remains to this day.  We got a massive shock in october when FIL went from having a stubborn chest infection, to a dignosis of terminal cancer to deceased in under three weeks. Now the cats outnumber us and we must keep them well fed for fear that they will revolt and overthrow the humans.

What this means is there is space in the house that was previously in use that is now available, FIL said we must use the space and so my biggest creative project of the year will be creating a space for creating.

On a temporary basis I have placed a large table in their to do some work on and have moved a lot of basic craft items into the room, the room needs completely redecorating (but that will have to wait for the arrival of some long awaited pennies) so for the time being I do not want to fill the room to the point that I cannot reach the walls to paint them. The cupboard will only be externally painted and so I am using that space already (cheating!).

In the long term I will be aiming for fresh colours, lots of light, tons of storage and a large worksurface to stand at. The main table will also be on wheels to allow me it position it well for lighting from above but also keep myself nearer to the gas fire.Also a little musical corner to allow me to practice where no-one can hear me embarass myself on the harp or violin. Half of IKEA UK web hits recently are me trying to find the best combination of affordable furniture to fill the space with storage, currently leaning towards some expedit to hold the TV and some malm drawers at the back.

Until another day, K.