Day Before Labor Day:
We, note I said we, labored in that
remaining far corner of the garage. All
the boxes of sketchbooks, photo albums, and boxes marked ‘George’ came out and
were pushed to the side. Two years of tax
papers, all wrapped and labeled by year, were discovered among the boxes. Never stored?
Oh guilt. G helped me move the
big art from in front of the filing cabinets.
I filed the taxes in the tax drawer.
Both filing cabinets sit atop an old,
heavy metal, military flat file. Which
contains much of my art…roughs, layouts, designs, and thinkings on paper. I found a few drawings from my speedy mad
years that had escaped their sketchbooks.
(At least I continually drew all those years.)
Sitting in G’s grandfather’s old office
chair, I went through those old files creating a mountain of papers around me. Here I thought going through the old sketch
books would be traumatizing. Nope, those
flat files held much of my art life….and it was with great joy I was reminded
that I could really draw. I was
delighted to see that I could build an ad too.
George pulled the giant, blue recycle
bin over to me. While he went through his
boxes, I threw out papers. I found nothing
of my grandmother’s there, but quite a few of mother’s weaker works were. I kept the best of these, and I actually
threw away some sketches she did. Acres
of ruined paper and sketch board….into the bin they went. Mad drawings, ruined drawings, work of no
merit. Poof gone.
Only two of the six file drawers now
have something in them. Not a closure of
the old life, but a making room for something new.
Now today, Labor Day, I go through the
albums and sketchbooks.
the finish line is in sight! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI just came across some papers involving our first house many decades ago.
ReplyDeleteGreat progress! Well done both of you.
ReplyDeleteWell, our garage got a good re-organize a year ago, but could use some tidying in the gardening sections after this long hot summer. It feels good to review and get things organized, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteNot just review, but gut and rethink. I only retrieved one item from the trash this morning. You would have been proud of me. I did frame one tiny weaving, and there was one other that should be framed too.
DeleteMy garage is next. When are you coming over?
ReplyDeleteLOL...And here I thought your garage perfect. You can always toss stuff down into the bomb shelter.
DeleteAh hah! So this is the before...
ReplyDeleteIt looks so much better now. Yay!
Funny that you didn't realize your own talent, but then most of us don't think we're creative, good or ??. I've always admired your art skills. I love your line drawings the most. Hugs to you and G for getting organized. I leave Robert's garage to him and thinking of that, I think I'll do a bit of sorting in my garage. I have two containers of Christmas wrap that I know I'll never use. Out it goes to the thrift shop. My car is in the shop -- to be picked up on Friday (hope, hope). I do so miss it -- I've been without it for over a week now. :/
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