I had one of those, "Why haven't I done this before now?" moments today. In the photo above, a big table is missing. It would have been on the right side of the photo, perpendicular to the painting wall. I dismantled it today in an effort to make my space a bit more practical for the current project. The table, while useful, isn't always used and thus becomes one more surface for things to accumulate on. Taking the table apart was a breeze since it's just a large door blank that sits atop two pairs of leg stands. There are two good things about having done this a) I now get an unobstructed view of the painting if I happen to be sitting on the couch and b) I opened up the area and gave myself some breathing room.
The physical and psychological difference created by taking the table away made this session a lot easier to deal with. Doing this brought up something that I struggle with a lot: adapting to changes in order to make my time in the studio more efficient and just simply easier. I often just keep working and don't think too much about how even a slight change to the studio environment might make things a bit better somehow. I've been feeling the need for a change and wasn't sure how to act on it until today when I walked into the studio and saw that I really needed to get that table out of the way, for now, at least. What I hadn't considered previously is that I can always set it up again within a couple of minutes. I had to get out of my head thinking that it was going to be a chore and get on with switching from having a perceived problem to finding a solution.
Here's a couple of shots of today's progress:
2 comments:
You gotta love those simple yet brilliant insights that sneak up on ya!
I've gotten in the habit of moving ALL the furniture in my studio around every few months. It's nuts how something so small can totally change the energy in a space.
p.s. The painting is getting really interesting!
AFter this experience, I'm going to be much more mindful of what's happening in the space and how it's affecting me or the work.
About the painting: Thanks. I feel like it's coming along. I need to dig in my heels because I feel like in a real 'uncertain' frame of mind about where I am with it and how to proceed. I'll probably feel better once I'm in front of it again today after being at work for the past couple of days.
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