Comments on: An Office That Inspires

By: Oscar Turner

Oscar Turner — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:46:56 +0000

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By: Office Nesting

Office Nesting — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:06:03 +0000

[...] One thing that is helping me get my spark back is that I am ‘office nesting‘. I am re-creating my work from home nest, my own little sanctuary where I create, breath and play. I was inspired to take a look around my home office by Barbara Winter’s post “An Office That Inspires”. [...]

By: LynnH

LynnH — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:17:55 +0000

I love my life. I love my business. I love this small, colorful house and my beloved husband who bought it before he knew me. I even like the desk we bought for me when I went 100% self-employed over 10 years ago. I can’t see it, though.

Right now I’m working with the laptop on my lap (love that) on the couch. I can see the pile of papers that is on top of my desk, from here.

Two days ago I decided to find 5 things a day to let go of. I can toss, give, donate. Yesterday and the day before, I found 7 clothing items to part with (excess clothing is maybe a worse problem in my house than papers).

I was thinking about MLK day, and how I’d like to be my best self at least more than I am now. And the thought of cleaning the space I live in, made sense. When I have order in my eyesight, in my personal space, I think my brain works better and I can stand taller in many ways.

I’m an artist, musician, dancer. Once I was a computer programmer with a creative house. Now I am a little too far from the order I need, much more on the right brain. But then, I can make a right-brained office that works. Off to walk and then make that desk happier-looking.

By: Barbara Winter

Barbara Winter — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:13:27 +0000

Thank you, Steve, for reminding me of The Iluminated Rumi. I haven’t looked at my copy in ages, either, but plan to do so again this afternoon.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:38:48 +0000

Clearing off my worktable, I uncovered two beautiful coffee table books, which I now can actually see again and appreciate:

(1) Ireland: The Emerald Island (Peter Skinner)–I’m planning a fall trip around the SW corner of the island. Think green.

(2) The Illuminated Rumi (Colemans Barks/Michael Green)–One of the producers of a Rumi documentary was doing a promotional tour, so after the screening I picked up this lovely book. “Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am not from the East or the West….”

By: Barbara Winter

Barbara Winter — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:37:56 +0000

Love that idea, Rasheed. I think we should all be doing Before & After photos of our life as we make changes. It’s a visual progress report.

By: Rasheed Hooda

Rasheed Hooda — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:34:12 +0000

This post couldn’t have come at a more timely moment.

I was just thinking of removing everything from my desk and start clean, but now I know what I want to do. Just this morning I took a picture of my work desk as a proof for one those “before and after” shots. so in a couple of days or so, I’ll have a blog post talking about this transformation. Thanks to your article here, the transformation will reflect some cool inner beauty reflected in outer beauty.

You are too cool!

Rasheed

By: Barbara Winter

Barbara Winter — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:14:00 +0000

Thanks, everybody, for the comments. Steve, I’d love to know what beautiful object you find for your desk. One of the favorite things in my office is a framed Arts & Crafts poster with this quote from John Ruskin: “We are not sent into this world to do anything into which we cannot put our hearts.” I glance at it several times a day to make sure I’m staying on track.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:42:57 +0000

I just took a good look at my surroundings. My home office corner is downstairs in the basement, and is both like and unlike corporate cubicles I have inhabited. A John Fielder Colorado calendar hangs on the wall to my right. The banker’s lamp next to my laptop gives off a nice yellow light. The Klipsch speakers play a mellow compilation from Pandora. I can swivel from my computer cart to the nearby round table, where I leave a dictionary open just because I like the way it looks.

Things to do: Find the dictionary stand, add another desk lamp, find something beautiful to put on the table

By: Traci

Traci — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:43:57 +0000

I’m just beginning to actually “work” at home as an artist. It’s all very new to me and I’m experimenting, making mistakes and embracing the process. Since we live in a small condo, I don’t have a lot of room but I recently re-organized my things and have moved into the dining room. My favorite bookcase is in my work area with the books that I love and many of the trinkets and collectibles that I cherish. It’s always uplifting to look at my bookcase when I need a little inspiration, so the dining room is the perfect place to make art.

At my old office, for my very serious job, I used to have magnetic words on the file cabinets, a purple Slinky on my desk and fun pens to grab whenever I needed some whimsy. The Deans at the University thought it was a little strange but they had a smile on their face whenever they stopped by.