A Place of Great Significance That Needs to be Seen

Kyle Cassidy is a photographer. One day he had the opportunity to step inside author Michael Swanick's home office. Kyle thought, "this is a place of great significance and it needs to be seen. It was like I'd cracked open his skull and seen the gears of genius." Kyle's glimpse into genius spurred on his project Where I Write: Fantasy & Science Fiction Authors in their Creative Spaces.

Kyle spends a lot of time thinking about people's environments. Where I Write is a project designed to explore whether or not there is a connection between where writers work and the work itself. Wow! If you're a writer and that last sentence doesn't cause a pause for introspection.

Is your writing a product of the environment where it is written? Is there a connection?

I am including a snapshot of my lair below. At first I thought, "OMG, I better clean it up before I invite ya'll in." Then I reconsidered. It is what it is. I'm going to have to think about that connection, but there is a gravitational pull towards what flies off my fingertips and a sense of place...

One other thing that struck me in regards to Kyle's "...a place of great significance...needs to be seen" is my own reaction to stuff I see and my need to write about it.

Btw, the books you see here are the ones that I refer back to most often, pretty much my babies. The rest are scattered on shelves throughout our house and garage.

Comments

[Steve Sherlock]

Dave,

there is something to the environment within which we put our thoughts to digits.

Sometime ago, Ronni Bennett created a similar project for "where elders blog". I have my 3-season room shown in this collection. I should update to include my winter room.

http://www.timegoesby.net/weblog/where-we-blog.html

[dave]

This is a really cool connection Steve! Thanks. By three season, do you mean there's no heat in this room?

[Steve Sherlock]

Yes, it is not heated. The sun does it best naturally but even in winter that doesn't do enough.

I have not let the cold stop me. I have been known to be out there to read a book wrapped up in my down sleeping bag. That is one way to get away from distractions and the phone to get into a good book.

For the other three seasons, usually with the windows open, it is devine. Like being outside without the bugs and with a good cover overhead to keep dry in the rain or shaded in the sun.