Hi, welcome to my messy desk! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I started this blog because I LOVE stationery. I love pens, fountain pens especially, but I also love brush pens, gel pens, washi tapes, stickers, wax stamps and seals, paper, notebook, inks, watercolors, art supplies… The list goes on and on. You can put me in a stationery and art supplies shop and I’d be happy there the entire day. I’m rather nerdy and I love cool and shiny tech stuff too. Like 3D pens, handheld printers… And I love writing\/blogging, sharing my knowledge and love for all these stuff. I struggled for a while with what to call this blog. I wanted something that I could share my love of all these stationery, journaling and art stuff in one place, and soon found the answer staring right back at me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My messy desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It has been said that a messy desk encourages a creative mind, and I have found it to be true for me. A biologist by training, I keep my lab bench neat and tidy, and I detest it when things are out of place. My office desk is messier however. Pens strewn all over, a stack of papers in the corner, but still of decent tidiness and loads of empty space to write, or use my laptop with. My desk at home however? Oh gawd. I am too embarrassed to post any sort of photo. It is so messy… I have two tables in fact. One with my mac that I haven’t been using. And even if I wanted to, the keyboard and mouse are literally buried 6 feet under piles of *stuff*<\/em> that I had to disconnect them both because I gave up on piling stuff *around*<\/em> the keyboard so that my screen isn’t constantly lit up. And the other<\/em> table? Let’s just say that I have barely enough space to put a piece of A4 paper to do any sort of writing on. I do wish I have more space, but every time I clear my (home) desk, it gets messy again in less than a week. I like everything to be close to me, right within reach. And there are too many things that I want to keep on my desk… You can say I’ve given up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And it’s different too. In the lab, I have a clear idea what I want done. Which experiment, the steps to take, the reagents to use. In the office things are not so clear. I need to brainstorm, think about new experiments. But at home? That’s when I can let myself run free. I do whatever. I don’t plan out what to write in my letters. I just start writing and write whatever. I have a rough idea what I want to draw. But I just pick up my pen to draw and experiment. Having all the stuff within reach is helpful too. Maybe I feel like finishing a piece with my fountain pen inks. Or maybe I decide that water colors would be more suitable. Or perhaps I’d rather use the brush rather than water brush. Or maybe I need to refill my fountain pen in the middle of writing….<\/p>\n\n\n\n So here it is. My messy desk. A collection of whatever random musings that come to mind, whenever I feel like it. It’s gonna be an exciting ride, and I’m thrilled to get started. So hop on and I’ll show you my messy desk! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi, welcome to my messy desk! I started this blog because I LOVE stationery. I love pens, fountain pens especially, but I also love brush pens, gel pens, washi tapes, stickers, wax stamps and seals, paper, notebook, inks, watercolors, art supplies… The list goes on and on. You can put me in a stationery and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n