Art in my house
Apr. 4th, 2023 04:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
breakinglight11I think it’s time I make some decisions about putting up art in my house. I expect Bernie and me to be there for a while, and it feels like mine in a way that previous places haven’t, so it feels possible and worth it in a way it never has before.
In the past I’ve had trouble putting up art, even in personal spaces like my bedroom. It always felt like such a difficult decision to make, to decide on what actually to devote wall space to. I would get stuck on “is this THE piece I want to have on my walls all the time?” and since I was never sure what was “good enough,” I’d be unable to commit and never put up anything.
But if my creative life has taught me anything, it’s that if you get hung up on trying to do it perfectly, you freeze up and never do anything at all. So I think I need to just… pick art that I genuinely like and not worry if it’s THE ART THAT I AM COMMITTED TO FOREVER THAT REPRESENTS ME TO ALL GUESTS IN MY HOME. I confess I DO want my art to create a certain home environment, which makes it harder to just pick stuff, even if it gives me joy. For example, I don’t particularly want to cover my place with fannish stuff, as I don’t really like the impression that makes. But the drawing of Peggy and Steve together post Endgame that Isaiah gave me as a housewarming present makes me smile every time I walk past it, so I’m really happy to have it up.
I guess it’s a balance to strike. I don’t want to be one of those people who picks art based on what other people think, or what best coordinates with the upholstery. But I like the idea of the space being tastefully curated. I have for a long time dreaming of living in a house that looked like a grownup lived there, instead of the perpetual college kid I have at times felt like.
I guess I need to just… get some art, see how I like it up, and if I don’t like it, take it down. Yeah, it means I can’t break the bank on anything. But as long as I don’t do that, I can always just change stuff and try something else! Have to remind myself of that.
In the past I’ve had trouble putting up art, even in personal spaces like my bedroom. It always felt like such a difficult decision to make, to decide on what actually to devote wall space to. I would get stuck on “is this THE piece I want to have on my walls all the time?” and since I was never sure what was “good enough,” I’d be unable to commit and never put up anything.
But if my creative life has taught me anything, it’s that if you get hung up on trying to do it perfectly, you freeze up and never do anything at all. So I think I need to just… pick art that I genuinely like and not worry if it’s THE ART THAT I AM COMMITTED TO FOREVER THAT REPRESENTS ME TO ALL GUESTS IN MY HOME. I confess I DO want my art to create a certain home environment, which makes it harder to just pick stuff, even if it gives me joy. For example, I don’t particularly want to cover my place with fannish stuff, as I don’t really like the impression that makes. But the drawing of Peggy and Steve together post Endgame that Isaiah gave me as a housewarming present makes me smile every time I walk past it, so I’m really happy to have it up.
I guess it’s a balance to strike. I don’t want to be one of those people who picks art based on what other people think, or what best coordinates with the upholstery. But I like the idea of the space being tastefully curated. I have for a long time dreaming of living in a house that looked like a grownup lived there, instead of the perpetual college kid I have at times felt like.
I guess I need to just… get some art, see how I like it up, and if I don’t like it, take it down. Yeah, it means I can’t break the bank on anything. But as long as I don’t do that, I can always just change stuff and try something else! Have to remind myself of that.
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