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angelchildr at 11:26pm on 30/07/2009
angelchildr at 11:26pm on 30/07/2009Alright, here's how my day went.
But first...
Picture the people in your life. I'm sure there's quite a few. Some of them may be creative type people! Think about them for a second. Are they arty creative type people? Like, do they like to make stuff? Sweet. I hope everyone knows someone like that. Now think of their house. Or their space. Basically, where ever they hang out and do their work. Have you ever seen it?
Does it horrify you a little bit? X-D
If you know the right types of creative people, they are probably prone to suffering from "Oooh, I might be able to use that for something" Syndrome. It's a rather life-altering syndrome. Here's how it goes:
Creative person is out and about. Somewhere. Perhaps work or school or... anywhere. They see... *something*. It's possible that it is someone's trash. Not gross garbage, just... unwanted. They then utter the following phrase: "Oooh, I might be able to use that for something". They pick up the item, and they take it home/to work/to school. Their collection of stuff continues to grow.
See also: "Pack Rat"
Now. Imagine that you have (at any point in time) around 8 of these types of people working in a department. Imagine that this setup has existed for god-knows how many years, and that as people leave, new people take their places, and *absorb* the former person's stuff as they add their own. Thus increasing the collection. Not only in offices, but in classrooms and storerooms as well.
Are you frightened yet?
Picture now, if you will, that through some miraculous intervention from the money gods, this department has acquired a NEW SPACE. Said space is approximately a mile away. And teleportation has not yet been invented. But that the department now needs to leave their former space for the new one.
With all their stuff.
This is an appropriate moment to go here.
Today, my good friends, I began the task of packing up the Art Department. Along with other people, obviously. It wasn't just me. :-D But... yeah. We threw a LOT of stuff away. (Some of it got "absorbed" into people's personal collections. Mine included.) But there's still so much left!
Another thing is that because this is old stuff, a lot of it is super dusty. At least when we were working in the old gallery storage. And when we moved into the ceramics studio, then everything was covered in old clay, glazes, chemicals, etc. Plus, you're moving around so it's warm and sweaty... I was pretty gross when I got home! :-D
...and we get to do more on Monday! Woo? :-D
But first...
Picture the people in your life. I'm sure there's quite a few. Some of them may be creative type people! Think about them for a second. Are they arty creative type people? Like, do they like to make stuff? Sweet. I hope everyone knows someone like that. Now think of their house. Or their space. Basically, where ever they hang out and do their work. Have you ever seen it?
Does it horrify you a little bit? X-D
If you know the right types of creative people, they are probably prone to suffering from "Oooh, I might be able to use that for something" Syndrome. It's a rather life-altering syndrome. Here's how it goes:
Creative person is out and about. Somewhere. Perhaps work or school or... anywhere. They see... *something*. It's possible that it is someone's trash. Not gross garbage, just... unwanted. They then utter the following phrase: "Oooh, I might be able to use that for something". They pick up the item, and they take it home/to work/to school. Their collection of stuff continues to grow.
See also: "Pack Rat"
Now. Imagine that you have (at any point in time) around 8 of these types of people working in a department. Imagine that this setup has existed for god-knows how many years, and that as people leave, new people take their places, and *absorb* the former person's stuff as they add their own. Thus increasing the collection. Not only in offices, but in classrooms and storerooms as well.
Are you frightened yet?
Picture now, if you will, that through some miraculous intervention from the money gods, this department has acquired a NEW SPACE. Said space is approximately a mile away. And teleportation has not yet been invented. But that the department now needs to leave their former space for the new one.
With all their stuff.
This is an appropriate moment to go here.
Today, my good friends, I began the task of packing up the Art Department. Along with other people, obviously. It wasn't just me. :-D But... yeah. We threw a LOT of stuff away. (Some of it got "absorbed" into people's personal collections. Mine included.) But there's still so much left!
Another thing is that because this is old stuff, a lot of it is super dusty. At least when we were working in the old gallery storage. And when we moved into the ceramics studio, then everything was covered in old clay, glazes, chemicals, etc. Plus, you're moving around so it's warm and sweaty... I was pretty gross when I got home! :-D
...and we get to do more on Monday! Woo? :-D