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May 26, 2008
baby steps
I'm trying to get some space carved out in the front room to set up a work area for myself, since it seems all the bedrooms will be occupied next year and there's really no other space in the house for me to have a studio. It's slow going, and today I'll be shunting around the huge piles of books that Peter and I have decided to get rid of (and the smaller pile that we're keeping) in hopes that I can pull the last of the shelves out of there and bring in my work table. We pretty much have to get rid of 80% of the stuff we own in order to have a habitable house. It's hard work, agonizing and freeing at the same time, and is going to take a long, long time. But if I can just get the table in place to spread my work out on I'll be satisfied for now.
Coming home from the Printmaker's Forum the other day (I got my key! and as soon as they tell me where I can store my ink and stuff I can get down to work) I found a young bird flapping around in my hollyhocks trying (unsuccessfully) to fly. As I crouched down to take its picture
[please don't say anything to me about the grodyness of our basement window and the Sanford-and-Sonesque collection of garbage; we're working on it]
it got spooked and flapped and crawled its way up onto my shoulder, where it proceeded to work itself up into a panicked frenzy. Silly thing.
[that's not our foundation behind me, it's the neighbours'. Ours is painted shiny silver, baby!]
Posted by jodi at May 26, 2008 10:38 AM | categories: in the studio
Comments
So what happened to the birdie?
Posted by: Sylvain at May 26, 2008 06:50 PM
Crazy bird, but nice use of sweater. Is it a hand knit?
Posted by: nanc at May 27, 2008 09:26 PM
Those are great pics Jodi. Love the first one with the little birdie. There is something liberating about decluttering one's life by getting rid of things. It seems that the older I get, the more minimal I want my house to be. I find serenity in emptiness.
Posted by: raina at May 30, 2008 09:52 AM
Awwww,
That little birdy reminds me of this kid's book that I loved as a child called "Are you my mother?"
Glad to hear that you're getting set up.
I just got a whole slew of listings posted on my Etsy shop!
Come on over and check it out!
Posted by: Mary at May 30, 2008 10:57 PM