Lurking at my desk

Tips and trick to stay focus as your work.

I am a big fan of the creative set up. I do think that keeping small trinkets and drawings around your work space help  lot with keeping your creativity running. I thought I'd share some here today.
 

Plants - Green is a great way to keep myself relaxed and somehow focused.
Therefore I have a personal small garden around my working space.
 

Lino - This little crow and cute Squirrel are two engraving I made during my free time.
Just for myself and my own pleasure. They help me to keep in sight that pleasure and free-time is NOT a luxury, but and necessity to feel balanced and keep being creative.
 

The Placebo Glasses - As a young studying adult I had a VERY hard time to keep focus for a long time. The glasses somehow turned into a placebo tool: They have no glass but as soon as I put them atop my nose I suddenly feel much more efficient at staying focus. It works for me so why should I stop myself from looking silly when I'm working alone at my desk?
 

Various trinkets - Such as a toy squirrel from my childhood.
An Infinity cube from a Rembrandt exhibition I saw as a kid and which left me a HUGE impression
A mermaid glass from a friend or just a cute IKEA cardboard drawer shelf with silly canine drawing.
Linked to memories of good time, or just inspiring in themselves, all those things help me when I loose focus and start gazing away.

Novembre.

Novembre.

In Polish, November literally means: "the month of the fall of the leaves".
I don't know much of Polish to be honest, but whenever I hear new things, I can't help loving how poetic that language can be.

As much as October was is the bright yellow month, the days of walk with big scarves and layered sweaters. November is the dark and silent month, with the daylight saving and the rainy long days.

I used to feel depressed in November, but as I grew wiser and older I started seeing the beauty of it all. The dark yet colorfull forest. The peace brought by all that silence, the endless rain and the frozen mornings .