generative mess

i’ve got two big art projects going on right now (in addition to my daily STILL). one is a proposal for STILL book (still only in proposal stage…so, sorry, nothing imminent),  and the other is very large (8 foot long) collaged paper art piece made from hand cut pieces individually dyed in my handmade natural inks. wowsa!  so, two big projects. which means bits and pieces of art projects everywhere–drying dyed paper, sample book pages, reference books, vat of natural dyes, paper scraps from all the hand cutouts…it’s a beautiful, generative, kind of chaos. but still chaos. and this minimalist can feel a little enervated by the whole mess, even when it is my own mess. this photo is just one corner of my specimen table swept up into a (temporary) neat circle. beautiful, generative, productive, exciting clutter. but still clutter.