tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post7159303168589966195..comments2024-03-28T04:08:06.986-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Workspaces of Highly Creative People."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59239893277047723422011-02-14T10:58:55.364-06:002011-02-14T10:58:55.364-06:00The creativity is in the mind, not the workspace.The creativity is in the mind, not the workspace.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205752419540502278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64327961084767480832011-02-14T10:23:25.274-06:002011-02-14T10:23:25.274-06:00They all seem perfectly normal as you would find a...They all seem perfectly normal as you would find among the average person who uses a workspace. I don't think it tells you much, although you would expect it to. You could not just look at the space and tell something deep about the owner. What is written on the slips of paper in and out of the trash would be interesting.<br /><br />A year ago my best friend died suddenly at 46. I cleaned up his apartment and his desk at work afterward. Such a thing is surprisingly bland and not as insightful as one would think. Although he was extremely eccentric and unique, to a stranger what was there to see would tell them little of the man. I was repeatedly struck by that thought as I was doing it. I did find some poetry and writing that is a special window to a person's, mind unlike anything else.bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18814796428458484252011-02-13T10:08:49.338-06:002011-02-13T10:08:49.338-06:00@Robert Cook -- In a discussion I was having with ...@Robert Cook -- In a discussion I was having with some friends about Malthusian projections (with myself in the negative) I considered pointing out that what you just did -- that the world really doesn't care. The world doesn't care about global warming, or rain forests, or extinction. <br /><br />I figured that would come across as sufficiently ruthless as to be unpersuasive.<br /><br />The moral theater of environmentalism derives from animism and revels in the pathetic fallacy. Without anthropomorphism, environmentalist arguments quickly descend into the utilitarian. This is a far harder space for them to win.Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480329783749187372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67917988549529738552011-02-13T10:03:47.981-06:002011-02-13T10:03:47.981-06:00Walt Disney's office.<a href="http://www.waltdisneyboards.com/general-disney-topics/32984-walt-disneys-office-need-some-help-please.html" rel="nofollow">Walt Disney's office.</a>Fred4Preshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574159710712259945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50669395286708663102011-02-13T09:58:17.372-06:002011-02-13T09:58:17.372-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480329783749187372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7657451389880284322011-02-13T09:50:16.655-06:002011-02-13T09:50:16.655-06:00The cubicle that I work in is a soul crushing hell...<i>The cubicle that I work in is a soul crushing hellhole<br /><br /></i>You've got to bring in your own stuff. Plants and lamps (with incandescent bulbs) help more than anything else. Wallpaper it, if you have to. Don't settle for the "Office Space" depressing cube!knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33014655456759452422011-02-13T09:48:10.298-06:002011-02-13T09:48:10.298-06:00The most important thing isn't the desk it'...The most important thing isn't the desk it's the window.<br /><br />That is one more reason I prefer the laptop and scrap paper approach. I can go where the good light is.<br /><br />It is also, I suspect, why Althouse prefers Amis's space.Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480329783749187372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54578278306990757212011-02-13T09:42:53.174-06:002011-02-13T09:42:53.174-06:00Umm...no one says the earth is dying or that "...<i>Umm...no one says the earth is dying or that "we are at fault."</i><br /><br />Bullshit.Known Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029003649395214104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69296641719329017952011-02-13T09:26:03.433-06:002011-02-13T09:26:03.433-06:00An interesting project would be to mosey up & ...An interesting project would be to mosey up & down any university library carrel-space past rows & rows of grad students/researchers and photograph each for a photo-montage. Makes pack-rats and Einstein look like "clean-desk" types. Tulane's Howard-Tilton has 2 floors of really neat built-in enclosed ones like mini offices complete w. built-in 2-drawer file cabinets, adj. lights, multiple shelves, etc. I was lucky enough to get one on the exterior side, so had a little vert. floor to ceiling slit of a window to boot...virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509453343705968903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82130037930822991102011-02-13T09:16:46.443-06:002011-02-13T09:16:46.443-06:00The cubicle that I work in is a soul crushing hell...The cubicle that I work in is a soul crushing hellhole and my apartment isn't big enough for a proper workspace? <br /><br />Just venting and wondering whether it's worth it to live in New York...Famous Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187686416415148955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84650426490157970892011-02-13T07:58:40.773-06:002011-02-13T07:58:40.773-06:00This thread makes me want to buy a new desk that I...This thread makes me want to buy a new desk that I can actually work on.Shannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15709594638793030086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85120830136945205952011-02-13T07:03:17.055-06:002011-02-13T07:03:17.055-06:00Oh, and I liked Milton Glaser's workspace, and...Oh, and I liked Milton Glaser's workspace, and Martin Amis's. <i>Hated</i> Woody Allen's old lady workspace. No wonder he hasn't made a movie of interest in decades.Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73325363501106489802011-02-13T07:01:47.317-06:002011-02-13T07:01:47.317-06:00"I guess you have to be pretty creative to co...<i>"I guess you have to be pretty creative to convince practically an entire generation that the earth is dying at that we are at fault."</i><br /><br />Umm...no one says the earth is dying <i>or</i> that "we are at fault."<br /><br />What is happening is climate change, or global warming as it was more commonly termed. It is a normal part of the earth's cyclical climatic changes over time. <br /><br />What is proposed to be humankind's involvement is not that we're "causing" the climate change but that our activities are helping exacerbate and accelerate this natural cycle such that it will take place sooner than it otherwise might.<br /><br />Of course, one could counter that all activity on earth has always contributed to the various climate shifts over time, and so humanity's activity is just part of this natural process. This doesn't absolve humankind, however, in that we are conscious and can anticipate the results of our actions and can alter our actions to bring about desired results or avoid undesired results. That we're doing nothing to mitigate the rapid changes approaching us just tells us that <i>"people is the animal that shits where it eats."</i> (Of course, we knew this all the time anyway.) <br /><br />In any case, the earth is not dying. What may be dying is an environment that will sustain human life or human societies as presently configured. The changes that are coming may kill us off, or, more likely, bring about wrenching reduction in our numbers on the earth, and dramatic alterations in our way of life. Many other species of life will also die off...to be replaced by new life forms adapted to the new climate.<br /><br />That we may die off or face extreme changes in life and society as we know it is a tragedy...to us. To the universe, to geological time and history, our eventual extinction is nothing. The earth will abide.Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27346330730139772882011-02-13T00:34:33.669-06:002011-02-13T00:34:33.669-06:00"Like Harry, I'm not seeing anything of M..."Like Harry, I'm not seeing anything of Martin Amis in the article."<br /><br />It was there, but it seems they've changed the format of the entire article and, for some reason, removed Mr Amis' desk.<br /><br /><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2663/3971936301_c2827b9c00.jpg" rel="nofollow">Here's the picture of Amis' desk that was posted</a>.Palladianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105490715666718993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19483716125550394582011-02-13T00:01:09.112-06:002011-02-13T00:01:09.112-06:00Al gore is an horrific ass-wipe.Al gore is an horrific ass-wipe.Mel Plontzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17125695212330851706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31069823969190221692011-02-12T23:50:39.162-06:002011-02-12T23:50:39.162-06:00In this, as in so many other areas, I was struck b...In this, as in so many other areas, I was struck by my extraordinary resemblance to Einstein. Coincidence or transfer of psychic energy? I will leave posterity to decide.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837540030934495651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54008910121116314772011-02-12T23:43:00.132-06:002011-02-12T23:43:00.132-06:00Like Harry, I'm not seeing anything of Martin ...Like Harry, I'm not seeing anything of Martin Amis in the article.Peter Hohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916196998855947137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89203283123020921532011-02-12T23:12:18.697-06:002011-02-12T23:12:18.697-06:00I'm wondering how closely the current 2011 ver...I'm wondering how closely the current 2011 version of rh's workspace compares to the one pictured from 2005?<br /><br />His recent portrait of <a href="http://rhhardin.blogspot.com/2011/02/toulouse-lautrec.html" rel="nofollow">Vicki</a>, in her space, entitled "Woman in a Wicker Chair is also <a href="http://unintentional-irony.blogspot.com/2007/08/singularly-unique.html" rel="nofollow">singularly unique.</a>MamaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300520132972757396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42842572252988365012011-02-12T23:08:56.579-06:002011-02-12T23:08:56.579-06:00Nice, but I preferred this:
http://www.amazon.com...Nice, but I preferred this:<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Writers-Desk-Jill-Krementz/dp/0679450149Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10854137162146125813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78306785622952694922011-02-12T21:13:09.511-06:002011-02-12T21:13:09.511-06:00You would expect Palladian to have beautiful works...You would expect Palladian to have beautiful workspaces, and he does!Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91071476634658877642011-02-12T21:06:11.665-06:002011-02-12T21:06:11.665-06:00My space is more Marc Johns than anyone else's...My space is more Marc Johns than anyone else's. If I was to be expansive I'd include my backpack with the laptop and the scrap paper. There was a point when I gave up the studio and the office in favor of complete portability. To be fair, in my line of work (writing, programming, some drawing), that's easier than in others. To be even more fair, I must admit that the wireless printer/scanner is in my wife's workspace.Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480329783749187372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90534594294930458862011-02-12T21:00:30.129-06:002011-02-12T21:00:30.129-06:00Al Gore's workspace looks like one favored by ...Al Gore's workspace looks like one favored by a megalomaniac who thinks he's sitting at the nerve center of the world.Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06824898584338172495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-92139508142761135602011-02-12T20:58:56.035-06:002011-02-12T20:58:56.035-06:00Did you mention Martin Amis because, though he'...Did you mention Martin Amis because, though he's listed, they don't actually show his desk? Or am I missing something?Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06824898584338172495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8956526072478304882011-02-12T20:45:35.484-06:002011-02-12T20:45:35.484-06:00This is a measure of creativity how?
Step 3: Prof...<i>This is a measure of creativity how?</i><br /><br />Step 3: Profit! will give you a number of some kind. It's easier to measure things that can be quantified.<br /><br />The size of the number in step 3 will have a relationship to the amount of creativity in step 1: Create goods or services. <br /><br /><i>It's just not creative.</i><br /><br />Yes, actually, creating things is creative. That's what creative means.bgateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14094313567630214207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16200917055228276292011-02-12T20:09:32.582-06:002011-02-12T20:09:32.582-06:00Here are a couple more of my workspaces: studio co...Here are a couple more of my workspaces: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35237098989@N01/5440436060/" rel="nofollow">studio corner, 2008</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35237098989@N01/5439831421/in/photostream/" rel="nofollow">perfume lab, 2008</a>.Palladianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105490715666718993noreply@blogger.com