Old So What

  Ok, the house gets dirty, dusty, whatever. It needs care, I get it. BUT frankly some people get completely lost in their housework! It’s alright to come up for air and do something creative once in a while.   You know something fulfilling, such as, writing a book, writing a poem, writing a letter! The housework will survive us all.   But wouldn’t you like to be survived by a song, a thought, a memory that you wrote down that only you can create. And not a spotless house, which will be dirty, dusty, whatever again, before you finish reading this. I rest my case.

  that the latest thing that is presently acknowledged to be better than sliced bread, is really not all that original or great after all? In fact, given the money and opportunity, you probably could have done it much better yourself. So don’t be discouraged; the world needs that positive idea, artwork, book, blog that is presently swimming around in your head. You got this!

  Neatness has its place for giving us peace and a sense of order. But you cannot create anything out of neatness. Creativity requires a certain amount of chaos, so the situation can be reordered, rearranged, or reinvented producing/generating something new.

Chaos first; creation coming up. The only way to create anything is to organize it out of a mess. I’m sure this is not a new theory. I had reference books, papers, dictionaries, library tomes, pets, scraps of paper, shreds of notes crinkled up and strewn all over the bed, with my husband’s photos and layouts balancing precariously from the nearby drawing board. We really got inside our work, together.  Sometimes yelling at each other to make our point.  Criticism occasionally showing it’s face with a curt: “that stinks!”  But for the most part, agreeing and encouraging; on each other’s side, each other’s best critic and even better supporter.  Filling in when creative gaps appear, shoring up, honing and enhancing our respective crafts:  graphic design, photography and copywriting.  It was sweet. Then to see the finished product, hold it in your hands, view it, read it.  Deliver it to the client and feel the kind of praise that comes from doing somethin...