I'm Done

It was good while it lasted but I haven't made a multi-media project in literally five years now. I think it's high time to get rid of this stuff.

I'm having a hard time finding any place to donate stuff, and it's incredibly hard to categorize what I have, unlike say, a quilter, who will have fabric scraps. I have boxes, tins, doll house furniture, old jewelry, toy animals, scraps of paper and cloth, ribbon, metal findings, stickers, paint, glass glitter - the real stuff, rhinestones, diorama grass and trees, stamps, paint, die cut paper pieces, various kinds of glue, old electronics parts, vintage breakfast cereal box prizes, ceramics, paint, and dried flowers. Where the hell do I get rid of this stuff?

The tins can go into the recycling, obviously. Some of it can just be thrown out. But I'm trying to make sure some of it gets a good home, rather than what I REALLY want to do right now, which is just sweep it all into the trash and make it Clay County Solid Waste's problem.

I was chatting with someone last night and he mentioned that, for artist's block, sometimes a change of surroundings where you work may help. Maybe I need to get rid of all this stuff so I can go back to drawing and painting, since I'm obviously not using it any more.

I have a small handful of items I like so much I'll keep anyway, but there aren't many of them. And unless I can figure out how to gift this stuff to people, it's just going away on Tuesday.

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I'm waiting on approval to a local Buy Nothing group for some of the things I'm getting rid of, but I also tossed out two bags worth of items that were basically trash. I had one bag of glass and metal that I put in the recycling, and some stuff like weird scraps of wood and etc that I simply put on our outdoor burn pile. There are a couple of boxes of old paints, glues, and busted electronics that I'll haul over to the hazmat center at the county dump tomorrow.

Unfortunately, all of this means I've dismantled Feisal's kitty fortress and he now has to hide from thunderstorms under the dresser in the bedroom.

The remaining stuff can easily be grouped into jewelry and beading, scrapbook paper and ephemera, and wooden boxes. So that should be easy to list on Buy Nothing. I haven't actually found the fabric scraps yet, but I'm not worried about ferreting out every little thing right now.

It also means I spent so much time cleaning that I didn't draw anything, but I'm happy with what's happening now. It's nice to have the space freed up, and the subtle mental pressure off, because as soon as I walk in my office, I see the stacks of boxes of this stuff, so it's probably been pretty discouraging on a subconscious level.