The further I get with a binding, the messier my studio gets. The messier the studio gets, the messier my thinking gets. Tidying up in the middle of a work flow clears my thinking and steadies the hand that holds the tools. But when it gets too late and I get too tired, there’s nothing to be done but give up and sleep, otherwise the whole next day will be wasted correcting mistakes made when too tired. Over the years I’ve learned the point in which to give up, but I occasionally still test it… and re-learn. It’s so much easier and time-efficient to do things right in the first place. (Oct09)