Something a bit different today. I was feeling lazy and didn't want to leave the comfiness of my couch for my cold studio today. And it took me ages to come up with something for this weeks prompt.
But in the end I went with the crooked painting. And I have to admit that sometimes I will leave a painting or frame hanging slightly crooked as a test.
Admittedly they are never quite as crooked as the one I depicted above, but I love seeing who comments on the fact that something is crooked, or even who goes up to readjust it.
Because if something is slightly off centre it doesn't bother me at all. In fact I quite enjoy the unusualness of, the non conformity of, and uniqueness of it.
Mr Mac finds this annoying, he prefers to have things symmetrical and in order. He and I have a standing joke. I would move something to slightly off centre, and he would arrange it so that it was just right.
It amazes me that we see things so differently, yet there is a time and place for his organisation, as there is a time and place for my disorganisation.
And every now and then he surprises me and will arrange something so uniquely and asymmetrically - it makes my heart soar.
Sometimes you just need to shake things up, look at a problem crookedly and try something asymmetrical.
A little something to mull over this week - and I would love to hear your crooked stories!
I like how the portraits are of your past girls.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mary - I have a few hanging up so I used them for inspiration! x
DeleteIt's great to see something a little different! Wonderful collection of black and white portraits!
ReplyDeleteThanks Cindy x
DeleteAwesome! Crooked pictures didn't even occur to me, but it's a great interpretation of "crooked"! I also love the mermaids.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much - it took me for ever to come up with something for this weeks prompt. I almost decided to skip this weeks illo friday! x
DeleteLove this post K, it so reminds me of myself and the hubby. How boring life wood be if we were all the same. Xo Kyles
ReplyDeleteLOL Kyles - Life would be so boring! x
Deletea step beyond the arranging of pictures on the wall is my love for asymetrical and tendency toward disorganization and my daughter's need for symmetry and preference for organization...by middle school years she drove me CRAZY by regularly rearranging not just the pictures on the walls but the furniture in the house! We had horrible rows about it---after all, i AM the queen of MY castle! Now that she is grown it is nice to have her visit (well, beyond all the usual relationship reasons) since she now cleans closets and organizes her little sister's messy room :-)
ReplyDeleteLOL!!! I can't believe she would rearrange the furniture. I love that she did this! And how handy that she can sort out her sisters room now. My little ones are starting to show similar traits to Mr Mac - hopefully one of them will have their mothers disorganisation! (I have a photo file of Bean called - Is Bean as anal as her dad? which has photos of things lined up in perfect symmetrical order!) x
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