Comments on: Creativity, order and chaos http://segullah.org/daily-special/creativity-order-and-chaos/ Mormon women blogging about the peculiar and the treasured Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:01:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: les http://segullah.org/daily-special/creativity-order-and-chaos/#comment-95647 les Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:43:17 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=792#comment-95647 LOL- okay I am going to get banned from commenting on seguallah by all you writers. Klutsy fingers and typing while holding a squirmy baby as I am running out the door yield error laden comments. Being a teacher/artist does bring a curse of "stuff"- I have to ditto emily ont he "almost clean" it is torturous LOL- okay I am going to get banned from commenting on seguallah by all you writers. Klutsy fingers and typing while holding a squirmy baby as I am running out the door yield error laden comments.
Being a teacher/artist does bring a curse of “stuff”- I have to ditto emily ont he “almost clean” it is torturous

]]> By: shelah http://segullah.org/daily-special/creativity-order-and-chaos/#comment-95173 shelah Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:31:41 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=792#comment-95173 I'd come declutter your house any day of the week, Emily. Yours too, Les. And I have to reiterate that Les keeps a perfectly wonderful house now. Back in college, the primary problem wasn't that she was a slob, it was just that she had SO. MUCH. STUFF. But she was an ElEd major-- apparently it went with the territory. I’d come declutter your house any day of the week, Emily. Yours too, Les. And I have to reiterate that Les keeps a perfectly wonderful house now. Back in college, the primary problem wasn’t that she was a slob, it was just that she had SO. MUCH. STUFF. But she was an ElEd major– apparently it went with the territory.

]]> By: Emily (Emlouisa) http://segullah.org/daily-special/creativity-order-and-chaos/#comment-95171 Emily (Emlouisa) Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:21:05 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=792#comment-95171 The clutter drives me crazy, but not enough for me to do anything about it. My house is in a constant state of "almost clean". I wish I was more like you. Or at least lived close to you so you could come clean my house when you got the cleaning bug. :) The clutter drives me crazy, but not enough for me to do anything about it. My house is in a constant state of “almost clean”. I wish I was more like you. Or at least lived close to you so you could come clean my house when you got the cleaning bug. :)

]]> By: les http://segullah.org/daily-special/creativity-order-and-chaos/#comment-95114 les Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:40:28 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=792#comment-95114 I wish I could say I had to have order, lookas like i am in the creatuve bit of chaos minority. I do prefer everything in its place, in fact nothing can inspire me to embark on a new project more han a clear counter, or organized studio, but alas the inspiration takes me right back to where I started. My mom is like you and over the years I have learned her prioritizing influence is conservation of order, mine is conservation of time, packing as much into a day as possible which sometimes means shoving off some tasks till later. Glad you survived years in my creative wake. I wish I could say I had to have order, lookas like i am in the creatuve bit of chaos minority. I do prefer everything in its place, in fact nothing can inspire me to embark on a new project more han a clear counter, or organized studio, but alas the inspiration takes me right back to where I started. My mom is like you and over the years I have learned her prioritizing influence is conservation of order, mine is conservation of time, packing as much into a day as possible which sometimes means shoving off some tasks till later. Glad you survived years in my creative wake.

]]> By: shelah http://segullah.org/daily-special/creativity-order-and-chaos/#comment-95103 shelah Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:03:21 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=792#comment-95103 yeah, the house is clean. And here I sit, checking comments on the blog. Not such a healthy form of procrastinating. Dalene-- that's one reason why I don't want a big huge house. I like having it small enough that I know my limits. I can handle maintaining my 4 bed, 2 bath house-- but something with eight bedrooms and three family rooms? No way. yeah, the house is clean. And here I sit, checking comments on the blog. Not such a healthy form of procrastinating.

Dalene– that’s one reason why I don’t want a big huge house. I like having it small enough that I know my limits. I can handle maintaining my 4 bed, 2 bath house– but something with eight bedrooms and three family rooms? No way.

]]> By: amanda http://segullah.org/daily-special/creativity-order-and-chaos/#comment-95102 amanda Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:59:17 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=792#comment-95102 Shelah - I totally think it's a healthy form of procrastination! I tell myself this all the time :) At least once everything is clean I have no more excuses. Shelah – I totally think it’s a healthy form of procrastination! I tell myself this all the time :) At least once everything is clean I have no more excuses.

]]> By: Dalene http://segullah.org/daily-special/creativity-order-and-chaos/#comment-95101 Dalene Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:56:42 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=792#comment-95101 I have ADD of housework. I used to think I was simply using that as an excuse, but then I read some random study that indicated it is a true phenomenon. I did discover this summer that I can manage a two bedroom cabin w/ next to no stuff as long as a maid will come in and make the beds and gather the wet towels. I call it "knowing my limitations." Sometimes the odds are against you from the start. I took the day off work today to clean my house for company Sunday (my son is speaking in church before leaving on his mission) and then the Olympics happened and we got TP'd and I waited up until after 3 in the morning for my other son who was hiking Timp to get home. I'm too tired to clean house now. *sigh* I have ADD of housework. I used to think I was simply using that as an excuse, but then I read some random study that indicated it is a true phenomenon. I did discover this summer that I can manage a two bedroom cabin w/ next to no stuff as long as a maid will come in and make the beds and gather the wet towels. I call it “knowing my limitations.”

Sometimes the odds are against you from the start. I took the day off work today to clean my house for company Sunday (my son is speaking in church before leaving on his mission) and then the Olympics happened and we got TP’d and I waited up until after 3 in the morning for my other son who was hiking Timp to get home. I’m too tired to clean house now.

*sigh*

]]> By: shelah http://segullah.org/daily-special/creativity-order-and-chaos/#comment-95096 shelah Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:24:36 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=792#comment-95096 Mommom-- I don't care at all if other people's houses aren't clean. I really admire the people who can set the laundry aside to quilt or paint or, say, play with their kids. Tonya-- I think you and my dh would get along. He did finally clean up his piles, since I actually wrote the blog post a few days ago. Once I had him read it and told him I was publishing his dirty (pun intended) little secrets on the internet, he sat down and got to work. Maybe not the nicest tactics, but it worked. Mommom– I don’t care at all if other people’s houses aren’t clean. I really admire the people who can set the laundry aside to quilt or paint or, say, play with their kids.

Tonya– I think you and my dh would get along. He did finally clean up his piles, since I actually wrote the blog post a few days ago. Once I had him read it and told him I was publishing his dirty (pun intended) little secrets on the internet, he sat down and got to work. Maybe not the nicest tactics, but it worked.

]]> By: tonya http://segullah.org/daily-special/creativity-order-and-chaos/#comment-95093 tonya Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:08:51 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=792#comment-95093 Nothing drives me more crazy than when hubbie decides he will help me get organized! I think I'm a pretty neat person, but I don't have my own space. When I get going on a project my stuff kind of takes over the family room. He tries to "help" by organizing my piles. MY PILES! Leave them alone! He has his own office, for heaven's sake. I try to keep the rest of the house clean and only make a mess in one area. I do have to admit that I sometimes have a hard time finishing things. But can't he see he makes it harder by moving my stuff?! Nothing drives me more crazy than when hubbie decides he will help me get organized! I think I’m a pretty neat person, but I don’t have my own space. When I get going on a project my stuff kind of takes over the family room. He tries to “help” by organizing my piles. MY PILES! Leave them alone! He has his own office, for heaven’s sake. I try to keep the rest of the house clean and only make a mess in one area.

I do have to admit that I sometimes have a hard time finishing things. But can’t he see he makes it harder by moving my stuff?!

]]> By: Mommom http://segullah.org/daily-special/creativity-order-and-chaos/#comment-95090 Mommom Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:01:42 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=792#comment-95090 Please don't come to my house - You would hyperventilate and possibly keel over and then I'd feel REALLY guilty. Because I would so much rather be creative than clean. I'm working on cleaning first so I don't feel guilty about being creative :) Please don’t come to my house – You would hyperventilate and possibly keel over and then I’d feel REALLY guilty. Because I would so much rather be creative than clean. I’m working on cleaning first so I don’t feel guilty about being creative :)

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