The Creative Habit

I was amazed at Tharp's organizational method with their box(es). Actually, I found her article quite humorous because I was thinking about my own art process and organizational skills; I consider myself as a very disorganized person. My room is bombarded with piles of all sizes with art supplies, materials that I have found, and collected. Despite my messy habits, Tharp and I keep almost anything and everything.

Tharp's carboard file boxes reminded me of my sketchbooks that are stacked one on top of another. After reading her article, I was actually interested in trying her box system because she describes the box as:

"Easily acquired. Inexpensive. Perfectly functional. Portable. Identifiable. Disposable. Eternal enough."

I find comfort in my closet full of "stuff" because even though I may not know exactly where everything is located, atleast I know that everything is there.

I keep everything because I may use something that I found on the street a year ago. My closet is " the raw index of [my] preparation. It is the repository of [my] creative potential, but it is not that the potential is realized." Tharp's art process reveals the potential in the things we keep.