fire and glass

..yo u like a good mess. I've often read of the connection between messiness and artists. There is apparently a direct correlation between dis-organization and creative thought. More than one study has shown that creative types prefer chaos to order. Messy desks/work spaces promote thinking outside of the box.  In one such study, research conducted by Kathleen Vohs , PhD, of the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management, found that cluttered environments help induce greater levels of creativity.  According to Vohs: “Disorderly environments seem to inspire breaking free of tradition, which can produce fresh insights. Orderly environments, in contrast, encourage convention and playing it safe.” As a creative person myself, rather than bask in the knowledge that I keep great company [Steve Jobs loved a good mess. Albert Einstein, Mark Twain and Zuckerburg..all known to live in untidiness.] rather, I find these articles to be somewhat shaming. Humph! I say as I

Anyone in the field of art or design will tell you that there are days when they don’t feel very creative. That can be scary. If your rent relies on you churning out new work, it can be very stressful to go through times where you just don’t want to even think about your art, never mind actually make anything. Especially if those days stretch into weeks! Even for those who practice art solely for their own pleasure will begin to feel the drag on their life without the joy of “making” in it. I had a teacher once who told his students never to let a day go by without practicing your art. Does that sound exhausting? What if it’s just sketching your ideas – big loose, messy sketches? Too much? Maybe it’s just scrolling though the many color palettes on the Pantone site? There have been some days where scrolling has been all the creative energy I could muster. But then something a specific color combination was plucked from the pages and stored in some small compartment in my tiny