In
less than a week I am headed back to Perth for a few months, and this
time I have decided to box up my 'stuff' and store it. I actually prefer
an empty space, or at least a decided, sparse one. Every time I return
to Adelaide I feel swamped by my possessions. I suppose this is because I
am attempting to fit a houses worth of things into one small room. Naturally things feel uncomfortable.
I can not open my curtains
without wrestling with tubs of art supplies, and pairs of shoes- stored
on the window sill as spillover from one of the wardrobes. My beautiful
easel is somewhat of a hat stand at the moment, and it gets shuffled
back and forth in order to access and open wardrobe doors. Ostrich
feather trimmed straw hats gather dust, stored alongside my art toy
collection and a wooden model box. A collection of artwork from various
exhibitions and friends colour the room with cartoon like humour
(somehow a painting that makes me laugh is always the piece I can not
leave without). Fashion, cooking and reference books line shelves each
longing to be read more. A giant drawer pulls out (groaning under its
own weight) to reveal hundreds of cd's which have been curated over 20
years. Foreign films are packed in with 'costume' period dramas and the
odd quirky romantic comedy from the early 90s. Giant portfolios stack up
wondering if they will ever be viewed, and a horse-lamp dimly lights
all of the clutter. Eclectic, and over full.
So
as I go through it all and work out what to discard and what to store, I
am revisiting years of memories, observing how much has changed. My
brother and I sat through a stack of my home made movies, which I used to spend hours shooting and editing. The editing was actually not so bad.
The content however was pretty silly, (think slapstick) I am a complete dork.
It did make me want to make more though, I have had a film project in mind for a long time... one day.
I have listed a heap of my clothes on eBay to sell (username is 'blairwal' if you want to check it out) and have a mounting pile of other things I just need to offload. I think the lesson each time I move is to reduce the amount of things I accumulate. While I think I am better at it these days, the evidence from before is overwhelming.
For now though, it is clearly time to move on.
xx Nell
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