If you’ve ever seen pictures of Piet Mondrian’s studio, then you know it was pristine. Color cards and paintings all over the walls; the surroundings, however, were stark and rare did it seem for something to be out of place. His life was as clean and organized as his work. Now, whether it was because he lived most of his life lacking wealth or because he was convinced that that level of organization was the “new life” could be debated; I seem to believe it is a combination of the two. I spent this week reducing: cleaning, removing dust, removing objects of no value to my life anymore, reducing my closet, reducing my supplies, cleaning, cleaning, eliminating. And for me, part of this stems from living on an artist’s entry-level salary. If I cannot have all the things I desire, I might as well just not have many things.

I have decided that productivity and organization are connected and far more important ‘things’ to possess. When you are continually searching for an object necessary to the progress of a project, you are now too busy searching for something instead of creating from nothing. And since I have spent a better part of my life wasting time searching, it makes sense to spend a few days organizing and refining to prevent the instance of being trapped into a need-for-finding.

Anyhow, if all this seems like babbling it is because I’m still coming down from all the fumes. Exciting, isn’t it? But white walls provide starting points for great journeys.