Friday, June 13, 2008

Post-Lottery Chaos



If you have ever spoken to me before, you can probably attest that I take a lot of conversational detours. If someone took the parenthesis keys off my computer, I would no longer be able to write. (See?) As much as I might wish for one, I don't have an orderly, linear mind. This is never more obvious than the week after I finish a lottery. The weeks running up to the lottery are when all that disorder spills out and ends up visible on ever flat surface of my studio.

Not that I am brave enough to show this. All I have here is a corner of my main work table. It's one of the cleaner parts of the studio right now. I wasn't even willing to take pictures of the rest!

That's why the week after the lottery ends, I spend a lot of time cleaning and organizing - and asking myself, "now where was I on this?" It seems to take forever, but nothing perks up my enthusiasm for my work like clear counters!

3 comments:

mel said...

Is that... a felt beaver on your table? It's a tiny bit unnerving...

Lesli Kathman said...

Ha! No, it's a Collie done by an Australian plush artist. Usually she does cats, but occasionally she has a dog or two. You can visit her Etsy store here:
http://www.etsy.com/
shop.php?user_id=5090607
He's wonderfully squishy, even if his googley eyes make him look a little haired out!

Eventually my whole studio is going to be taken over by Etsy purchases!

mel said...

I totally misinterpreted the collie: I thought the white was a big muzzle with two white buck teeth! Now that I look at her etsy shop, I see your collie's nose, ruff and feet correctly. Her cats are quite entertaining!