Illustration Friday - Chair
Synchronicity...pathology as art.... I saw Dr. Phil the other day and it was a show about packrat/hoarders and while I'm not quite as far gone as his guests, I'm pretty bad. I certainly saw what might lie ahead for me if I do not deal with my clutter. I thought about sharing my struggle here....and then Illo Friday's subject this week led me right back to that thought.
This picture, of a chair in my living room, is absolutely emblematic of My Problem.
posted by 'Zann @ 10:03 AM
Patrick's dad, Paul Burkett, took up saxophone 6 months after Patrick died, making our garage 'Patty's Studio'and making music his healing path.
16 Comments:
What problem - looks like a normal chair to me ;-)
Wonderful 'sculpture". :-) Solution: the book "organizing for the creative person"
Dr. Phil is ... really weird. Watching him could be harmful to your health. ;)
The current emphasis on clean and neat reminds me of the fifties: so do other political parallels.
After WWII there was a massive media campaign to get women out of the workforce and back into the home. We currently have the worst job market since the end of WWII... So, what comes next? Girdles and white gloves and hats?
Your chair looks like you need to deal with your clutter, not that you are a pathological hoarder. Maybe a nice bright retro print on that beautiful chair would be nice too. ;)
Oh my gosh, you are right! I recognize this chair closet...have a few in my house!
I was wondering who would think of this? Everybody has done this at some point! Perfect for the theme and just clean it and start all over again...
Well at least it all looks organized.
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Very cooool idea!! Like an installation arts!
jajajaj,
es verdad!!!!
(it's true!!!)
I like your illo, mucho!
Now this looks like a chair from my house! *G* Great illustration. :0)
That speaks a lot to me since my own chairs are always defunctioned, too. Mostly they are my closet. But the truth is, I find things back on there much easier than those in my closet! Great idea!
All the floors in my closets start at the 3 foot mark. The top of my fridge is a catch all for anything small enough to go in a small mouth. There are 10 hands in my house that are constantly rearanging things most incoviently. Toys in the kitchen, dishes in the rest of the house , and don't get me started on the paper products. And we won't even enter the 250 square foot backshed that has one lone path from door to door.
Chairs are great at collecting stuff. I find that anything with less than a 15 degree slope is good for casting stuff upon. If you are good enough, the piles can get quite deep. :-)
The most prized piece of real estate in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area (where housing prices have doubled and tripled in just a year's time)? A flat surface in our house. Also known as - the most valuable thing in an artist's environment. And the most elusive!
kikiluscious
ps- as an anthropologist, I must say that Margot's comment really struck a chord...thanks to you both for something to think about today.
Well done
Very functional use of a chair. I applaud it.
As 'zann's lil sis, I must applaude her. Though her chair most certainly cannot be sat upon by a human behind, as a chair is supposed to be for functionally, her chair certainly does look organized! I am thinking, as I think that she might be thinking,(sigh) that we are probably the offspring of one of those (possibly pathological) "hoarder" people who appeared on that Dr. Phil show. =:O (which I did not see, as I only have 2 channels via rabbit ears)I join 'zann in trying to raise my own consciousness regarding the tendency to clutter/fret about my own nest these days, as she attempts to help our own dear mother to become more organized and less clutter-prone in her new home.
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