I think moving is really a great thing, because it makes you realize how much STUFF you actually own. It gets me thinking: How much of all this do I really need? How much to I use? Why do I buy more clothes/ stuff when I have so much of it? Because quite clearly I do own a lot of stuff.
These past couple of days have been quite intense ... Included lots of carrying, packing, re-packing, trying to fit the last things in somewhere in the car, driving the short (at least that was good - it's a ten minute ride with the car from Vasastan, where I lived, to my beloved Guldheden) distance, carrying again (lots and lots of carrying) ... and me and the boyfriend were alone for the most part. I wish I had asked some friends to come and help, it would have been so much faster and we could have had an ice cream party as a thank you. Or something.
Anyways, all my things are here now and today we've done a lot more carrying (we need to move things around in the apartment and also put some furniture in the attic). So I'm tired both in the body and in the head and I still live in an ocean of boxes and bags ... The wardrobes and shelves aren't really in their places yet, so it wouldn't be much use unpacking anything.
But I'm sure that once we've gotten everything in order here, it will be fine. No better than fine, it will be wonderful. For example: I'll get a STUDIO. Well, at least almost. I prefer to think of it as the studio/ library since it will also contain many of our books and the boyfriend's some seven hundred CD's (and my 300). And the boyfriend's desk. But apart from this, there is room for my lovely, lovely reading/ thinking/ writing armchair which I haven't been calm enough to sit in for the past six months. And the lamp and little table that go along with it. There will be some quality sitting in there now I tell you (I've already spent time in it today, to try out the best corner for it).
And (I've saved this for last because it makes me really happy) I get TWO desks (OK, one desk and a slightly smaller table, at least) (now this is a dream come true!) to fill with painting, collaging, mixed media projects, post card making, photo albums, drawings, scrapbooking, letter writing, envelope making, and random projects. I already have a couple of those random projects in mind. They can be my favorites. so now I can work on multiple projects and just turn from one to another if I need to. Can't wait until I get all my paper scraps and gluestick and poster paints in there.
I left my photos from the weekend by the sea on the laptop, which I can't find at the moment, so I'll share with you instead some mail art that some of you may not have seen. I love color too much to make a post without some of it. The quote postcards are from August 2007 and the travel themed ones with arrows are from November 2006. What do you think?
2 comments:
hey, i have one of those postcards! :)
every time I move I basically want to set fire to all my belongings and just start over. I always think I have a fairly simple life, but it is amazing how much STUFF one person can accumulate.
katie: yes you do! And I have a piece of your art hanging right in front of me! :)
It's a very tempting thought to just throw it all away. I know I _could_ live with a lot less ... But I bet I would just collect just as much stuff all over again. Sigh.
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