My Husband’s Solution To My Creative Chaos
I spent an hour this morning before anyone else was awake finishing this gigantic basket I have been weaving. I wish you could have heard my husband laugh when he woke up and came to find me and saw the mess I had made! Normally I am a very organized person and I like things to be neat, but I turn into an absolute slob when I am engrossed in creating something. Over the years this has become a family joke.
I try to fight this “character trait.” I really do. When I start to make a basket, I carefully lay out all of my tools and organize the coils of reed according to their widths, and I make sure I have a big container nearby to throw my clippings in. And for a while I’m very conscientious about keeping everything in order as I work. ALWAYS, though, at some point after I have become really involved in what I am doing, I come up for air, look around, and feel absolutely overwhelmed by the mess I have made… suddenly masses of uncoiled reed, scattered tools, and clippings are EVERYWHERE.
My husband knows how much this creative chaos bothers me, and years ago he proposed making a deal. He said we should always work together… that my job would be to do the creating and his job would be to come in afterward and do the cleaning up. Of course, I would never just walk away and leave the mess for him, but I do always gratefully accept his help.
No wonder I love him!
Written by Shirley | Filed Under My Creative Pursuits, Personal
Comments
Comment by Mandy:
Wow. You are truly blessed with that man! And with a wonderful talent, too–I love the basket.
Comment by Infinity Goods:
What a beautiful basket and a nice husband!
You have an interesting and peaceful blog. I’ll be back!
Comment by Marcia:
What a beautiful basket! You are so talented ;)
Comment by Robyn:
You are a lot more creative than me! I also have a few creative outlets that keep me sane while in the trenches of mommyhood. Thanks for the reminder that they are important!!
Comment by SAHMmy Says:
If my husband offered to clean up the aftermath of my creative ventures, I’d take him up on it in a heartbeat! That basket is amazing!
Comment by Maxime:
Wow!! What a beautiful basket!
Comment by Shirley:
Yes, he’s a keeper all right! I made this basket because I needed something really big to keep my current knitting project in (a quilt-sized cable afghan). Thanks to everyone for all the nice comments and compliments!
Comment by Grace:
Simply beautiful and a real Mommy made piece of art!
Comment by Jane:
What a coincidence! I make baskets, too, and weave chair seats. I just finished repairing two chairs and the mess is still all over my keeping room, which is also the “living” room. I’ve picked up the coils, but everything else is still littering the floor.
BTW, your basket is beautiful. I’m not yet up to your level.
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