I wrestle chaos

[rainsinger]

One of the ways in which the blogging world continues to inspire me is to make me want to create things of beauty. To name but a few, Ryan Marshall takes wonderful photographs*; Holly Burns does lovely art and craft things in her house and has been the force behind inspiring me to actually make my bed every day, because it looks nicer and makes me

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[actually_not]

Your whole family is gorgeous and your writing is beauty.......and I'm so glad you still have the Klimt canvas :)

[rainsinger]

I love the Klimt canvas, even though I appear to be assaulting it with laundry. I love it love it love it, and it brings me joy daily.

[guihong]

I finally learned that children don't care if the house is spotless, or meals are exquisite three-course affairs, but they do remember time spent with them, how you play with them. So give yourself a big old break in that department.

I take out art books from the library, then thumb through them at night or when I need a lift. It's hard to make time for sensuality, beauty, anything in your body when you're just getting through the days. But I can tell you that even a few minutes does wonders.

[rainsinger]

It's a weird circle in which excessive cleaning makes me depressed, as does looking at mess. On the other hand, M is quite into cleaning so I get to fulfill my dream of gainfully employing him to scrub the floors. And then I feed him some weak gruel.

[mockduck]

I do think that all your beautifully-crafted posts are works of art in themselves. And if that's what you can do in the chaos of early motherhood...!

[nogbad_the_bad]

Gustav Klimt on the walls! Excellent!