Clean Springs

 

The first closet, now organized with built-ins.

I love Sunday for so many reasons but the best part is that its the day I wake up naturally. No alarms, no work. Just the quiet silence of my own thoughts and the peace of a day to myself. (Can I put quiet and silence next to each other in a sentence? In my mind this morning it means two separate things to me.)

I have been working on the second closet project and it has me spring cleaning my house, life and now the office/studio/writing space. Leading me to this email/blog post of sorts. I want to organize the room so that it calls to me in the hard writing times. Lately my head is so full of thoughts for myself and my situation that its much to loud in my head to write and paint. Other than in my own journal that is. 

Part of organizing and preparation of this space for the future led me to sift through the files on my computer. I was impelled to grab a piece of paper and hand write the list of books I have stored in my mind and on my laptop. They are all in various forms of progress. I just found it shockingly large, the list and needed to share so that I make an effort to get back to it and them, the stories.

A Colander Sky (Notes only)
All Roads 5K
American Babes Travel Journal 23K
Chocolate (Notes only)
Down Under (Notes only)
End Time 28K
Errant Breezes 105K
Curador 96K
The Good Life 54K
Meth Widow Journal 25K
Running the Sling (Notes only)
Stones & Heather 21K
Tears of God 57K

What I'm working on in my mind now for this room is to remove furniture. Furniture that stores things. I want to get rid of the furniture but not necessarily the things in them. Therefore built-in shelves in the closet are being built in unfinished closets. Also I'm considering moving my Art Studio out of here and upstairs. The one set back of upstairs is the lack of natural light. But its a cool space, spacious and I do already have a guest room so why can't this space be mine? Would I come up here to paint? I could save and add skylights. I could set up my stereo. I could put in a door.  

Again I'm distracted by the possibilities. I painted the office closet yesterday afternoon in preparation of the new shelves. Previously it had a distracting bright orange. Mickey Blue eyes once upon a time had it the colors of KTM (motorcycle). I don't like clutter and this room is cluttered and hindering me from my creativity. 

Still. 
But.

I hope to have it done by the end of the day.