{"id":98,"date":"2015-09-01T21:14:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T21:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harmlessweirdo.com\/?p=98"},"modified":"2015-08-30T21:34:04","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T21:34:04","slug":"this-this-is-why-ive-got-to-clean-out-my-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmlessweirdo.com\/?p=98","title":{"rendered":"This? This is why I’ve got to clean out my house."},"content":{"rendered":"

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I started this linocut over a year ago. It’s actually two blocks, each 6 x 9″ (~15 x 22 cm). I did the radiator first, then decided to do the extension cord in the foreground. I also have two additional, half-carved blocks\u00a0that include\u00a0other\u00a0parts of the room, and eventually this will be a full-sheet, multi-block image. This is just a poorly-inked proof made on sketch paper; the finished prints will be amazing.<\/p>\n

But I can’t find the blocks. They’re wrapped together in newsprint, and I can see the packet in my mind’s eye, but I cannot find the damned thing to save my life.<\/p>\n

And there are so many other things that have just sort of vanished amid the chaos, and it’s driving me insane. I should\u00a0do a major cleanout at least once a year, but it’s been almost five years since I did the last one, and I am up to my eyeballs in clutter and I simply cannot function. I barely have room to make art at all. And every time I need something and can’t find it, I go into a rage–mainly at myself for letting things get so bad.<\/p>\n

Anyone who tells you that a messy desk, or room, or house is a sign of a creative mind–well, they may be right. But I’ll tell you this, from experience: it’s also the sign of a creative mind that can’t fully express itself because it hasn’t got the space and can’t find the tools it needs in order to do that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I started this linocut over a year ago. It’s actually two blocks, each 6 x 9″ (~15 x 22 cm). I did the radiator first, then decided to do the extension cord in the foreground. I also have two additional, half-carved blocks\u00a0that include\u00a0other\u00a0parts of the room, and eventually this will be a full-sheet, multi-block image. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8,10,12],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-art-works-in-progress","tag-linocuts","tag-personal-failings"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harmlessweirdo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harmlessweirdo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harmlessweirdo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harmlessweirdo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harmlessweirdo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.harmlessweirdo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99,"href":"https:\/\/www.harmlessweirdo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions\/99"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harmlessweirdo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harmlessweirdo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harmlessweirdo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}