<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Sithy Things]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://aggiesprite.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[LC Aggie Sith]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://aggiesprite.wordpress.com/author/aggiesprite/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Sometimes Psychiatric Help is a&nbsp;Blessing]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>So I&#8217;m told. I have no idea why I wrote that title. Maybe I do need some psychiatric help. Or chocolate.</p>
<p>Anyway, I am going to be working on my little work area upstairs momentarily, in preparation for the coming of Nomstress, Nightflyer, and Rat Boy this weekend. I&#8217;m afraid when I start to do some art, and I use that term very loosely, I tend to make piles of my discards and my paints and my embellishments so that the original work area has shrunk by 75%. Working in a space the size of a sheet of notebook paper is not conducive to creativity, so the piles transfer down to the floor, leaving space open for yet more piles.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s like the Circle of Life™, only with scissors and glue instead of lions and zebras.</p>
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<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong. I can find EVERYTHING. Usually because it&#8217;s piled somewhere around the area, but I can still find it, so there&#8217;s a method. But I need to clean out a lot of old stuff and organize what I wish to keep. I should start with organization, though. If I start to clean out, then I will have piles and piles and more piles and my guests won&#8217;t be able to fit upstairs. My shrink, AKA the gal at the wine section, suggested I get those restaurant racks that are adjustable and shiny. I didn&#8217;t have the heart to tell her I already had shelves in the closet, and by that I meant I didn&#8217;t want her judging me. Her thing is wine, not hoarding intervention.</p>
<p>Anyway, I shall do my best to clear the area of the gingerly-placed piles of creativity. Hopefully it won&#8217;t take long.</p>
<p>And hopefully I won&#8217;t get distracted by starting yet another project&#8230; 😉</p>
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