The Focus Project

by Susan Gardner

The Focus Project puts people behind a camera to examine their clutter carefully. Sometimes “clutter” becomes singular and you lose sight of the individual items. As you take pictures, see them in two photographically and through your desires for your space. Three elements underlie each framing, valuing and editing. Frame individual items with the camera for a new perspective. Value an item in light of its meaning, home, and future. Edit things to achieve an uncluttered life. As pictures are made, they may be shared with a partner or with The Focus Project Facebook Group. The project leads to a creative project with your digital photos that expresses your relationship with the things in your life. This book guides you through the 6 steps of the project and helps you understand more deeply your relationship with your clutter.
1.Partner
2.Photograph your items
3.Connect camera and computer
4.Evaluate
5.Express creatively
6.Address clutter directly
The author is a recovering messy and professional organizer. While she appreciates the nuances of clutter, she now prefers that her things have a home where they belong.

48 pages, Paperback

Published November 22, 2017

About the author

Susan Gardner is the award-winning author of five books of poetry and a memoir. An internationally known poet-artist, she has worked and exhibited her art in Japan, France, Spain, Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. She delivered the Cam Memorial Lecture at the New York Public Library, has lectured extensively and appeared on numerous radio and television interviews.

Originally from New York City, Gardner spent much of her early adulthood in Korea and Japan, where she studied Chinese landscape painting and Japanese calligraphy, achieving critical acclaim in both. Her visual and literary art both reflect the style of forceful spontaneity and directness she developed early in her career.

She is the founding editor of Red Mountain Press and has been a house builder, teacher, and landscape designer. She now makes her home and her art in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

http://www.susangardner.org