In Defence of Clutter

It's a glorious, sunny day in Toronto, and we've had a few great speakers at IdeaCity this morning. One that struck a chord with me and had many laughing out loud was Josh Freed's defence of mess and clutter.

Dwarfed by an immense slide of his (shockingly) messy office, Josh rallied against the notion that an organised desk means an organised mind. 'To me, an empty desk means an empty mind.' He poked fun at the current neatness revolution (my desk is usually a complete shambles, and like many , I've been taking the medicine) and the dozens of reality TV shows that send SWAT teams of clutter-busters bristling with dusters and box files into people's homes ('salvation by sanitation').

'It's time for a messy pride movement', he said, coming to the end of his talk. 'If Archimedes had been neat, he'd never have let his bath overflow..'

— Filed under Rumination