{"id":5177,"date":"2016-01-04T09:03:58","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T14:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/?p=5177"},"modified":"2016-01-04T09:03:58","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T14:03:58","slug":"messy-is-the-new-sexy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/2016\/01\/04\/messy-is-the-new-sexy\/","title":{"rendered":"Messy is the new Sexy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not really but there is a study out that says that messy creative people are the best people in the creative world. Weeeelllllll not really that either however messy is no longer a bad word. There is a difference between messy (unorganized) and filthy (not good for one\u2019s health). <\/p>\n

I first came across this theory a couple of weeks ago in one of those internet \u201cif you like this article you might like the following\u201d. It has apparently been kicking around for a while since I found the study being discussed in 2013 in the New York Times and in 2014 in Scientific American.<\/p>\n

I am not a neatnic. I would never win a clean house contest. I don\u2019t have a place for everything in my house. It is more a zone. I do clean things up and organize the chaos to a point but we have a lot of stuff that is being used for various projects. We have books and papers that are in use. I have cloth and foam for the puppets. Caroline has her toys, school supplies, and books. We have keys and electronics for the car and for the house. I get the place clean and it slowly slides back into chaos until I pick it up again. <\/p>\n

However I can find things and if I place something I make a mental note of where and can get back to something I have seen. <\/p>\n

I think the Scientific American article really explains it best and can be found here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

When I read about the four stages of creativity, I swear I must have looked like a bobble head because I was nodding a lot while reading. That article basically sums up how the creative process works for me. <\/p>\n

I do a lot of it in my head. I sort things out. Discard that which won\u2019t work and figure out what would. I think that is the longest part of my process. Once I have the pieces in place I go for creating it in this world and deal with anything that might crop up once I get things out of my head. I do better if I have all my pieces at hand so I can go smoothly from one to the other. <\/p>\n

My chaos works for me and allows me to be the creative person that I am. I know it probably wouldn\u2019t work for others. I am fortunate that it works for Peter as well so we live with the chaos knowing that once a project is done, it is put away for the next set of chaos. <\/p>\n

So being messy is not a bad thing nor it is a good thing. It is just a thing and for me allows me to be creative without worrying about the chaos when I am creating. Just as long as I can find my eyeball box or the tools that I need, it is fine.<\/p>\n

I am grateful that my method of creating is not a strange as I thought it was.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not really but there is a study out that says that messy creative people are the best people in the creative world. Weeeelllllll not really that either however messy is no longer a bad word. There is a difference between messy (unorganized) and filthy (not good for one\u2019s health). I first came across this theory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t