Chaos is come again: a little tour of my study
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- You call on me when my study is descending into chaos, nevertheless we have a little tour and a poem
If there is room on some corner to balance a cup of coffee and a slice of cake, you might kindly pop round and get me one by way of encouragement, but not every time of course
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"It's time to take things out, it's time to read them and reflect on them. But tragically there's no time to put them away".
Don't be embarrassed, Malcolm. A cluttered office is sign of great wisdom, I'm told...
should always make time to tidy up
then i am very wize
@@meeksy3094 i am making an effort to do better with just that
I can't wait to tell my wife.
Lmao it’s not a sign of wisdom that’s for sure more like being lazy.
"A disgrace with an excuse." Perfectly hilarious! I'm filing that one away to use later!
Any study with peated scotch bottles is a winner in my book :)
I love little tours like this. I wish more writers would do them. I most often write poems either at my office at college or in my bed at home. My bedside table has books stacked everywhere, much to the irritation of my wife.
Theres not many quite like you anymore Malcom. I don't think I have ever heard anyone say "railway journey". An excellent and warming channel. All the best
Your study is a living space. Allow it to keep living. Please do not ever turn it into a museum. Fantastic!!!❤
In my youth I trained as a designer. One of the tutors eulogised the cleaning of the desk that marked the end of one commission, and the beginning of the next. I knew I couldn't tolerate such rigours. My desk was a palimpsest. A visual mnemonic of former work, with brief counter-attacks before recapture by ink bottles, paint, brush.
Wonderful! Desk as palimpsest and mnemonic!
I literally stumbled upon your channel about an hour ago, and I LOVE your study!
The virtue of such chaos is the satisfaction of knowing where to find everything anyway, or, failing that, the sheer pleasure of hunting for it and the marvelous roads that sweeps you down.
Beautifully well-said !!!!
Literally the most delightful thing I've seen on the internet this month.
thanks!
I thought the same thing ! Always makes me smile
You are so right
Your wonderful videos, your voice, your pipe, your poetry and readings brings me so much peace. Just watching and listening makes me so centred and relaxed. I watch one every evening before going to sleep. Thank you so much 🙏🏻
Welcome to my study, glad to know these little sessions are so helpful!
So true!
That poem makes me think of a line by Charles Wright, one time Poet Laureate of the U.S., "Write as if you had in hand the last pencil on earth" and of Roethke, who was bi-polar, and when going manic would run into his class room, stand behind the lecturn, and aim a pretend machine gun at his students, and make rat-a-tat sounds
Dolor by Theodore Roethke
I have known the inexorable sadness of pencils,
Neat in their boxes, dolor of pad and paper weight,
All the misery of manilla folders and mucilage,
Desolation in immaculate public places,
Lonely reception room, lavatory, switchboard,
The unalterable pathos of basin and pitcher,
Ritual of multigraph, paper-clip, comma,
Endless duplication of lives and objects.
And I have seen dust from the walls of institutions,
Finer than flour, alive, more dangerous than silica,
Sift, almost invisible, through long afternoons of tedium,
Dropping a fine film on nails and delicate eyebrows,
Glazing the pale hair, the duplicate grey standard faces.
Thanks for reading that!
wow. that's an excellent poem!
A disgrace with an excuse....thats how I will describe my deskngoing forward...brilliant haha.
Greetings Malcolm, your study conjures up wonderful memories of my late Father-in-law's den. He was a painter, sculptor and engraver. He claimed that clean and tidy spaces stunted the imagination so he couldn't think or create in what he called a sterile space! There was never any fear of his den ever seeing a broom or cloth.
What a wonderful study. I bet on a cold winter night it feels like magic.❄🔥🥃📚
it does indeed!
By the way which of your books has the poem you wrote about your smoke rings.
I would love to get a copy of that.@@MalcolmGuitespell
The deep litter filing system, haha!
The ultimate video would be Lindybeige and Malcolm meeting up.
It's a wonderful study. Full of wisdom and learning. New to your channel but glad I've found it.
I was drawn to not just this man's anecdotes but also his study with the saturation of bookcases. Reminds me of my father's study with rows of books of various ages and scents, handed down from his own father. My father's old man was a dual-national commando in WW2 who moved out to Australia mid-war & ended his service defending Darwin & helping them pre-sight artillery for Japanese coastal landings. I still have an heirloom copy of "Gimlet : King Of The Commandos" in fabric which is forever fraying, even inside a sealed case. It was an off-shoot novel from the Biggles series which chronicled the stories of a light aircraft team that half-glided around Normandy & deeper Europe during WW2, completing various missions. Funnier still, I attended a boarding school in Sydney years later who's British disciplinary officer, by then in his 70's, had been a young sf boatman in one of these teams at the time. I interviewed him about it for the school paper :)
That wicked little bird... has been very busy... chasing the wind. Paul I believe depicts it somewhere along in his writings... about the great shear difficulties of trying to even sow the seed from the purse. Beautiful depiction of Christ... and your study especially, despite whatever chaos that you see, it's still a marvelous gorgeous study.
It should be "Making chaos for a working space" - in reference Theogony and Genisis.
Thereby the clearing of the desk becomes an action of cosmogony of the poetic genius.
nice one!
Love the room. My sentiments exactly. I cannot bear an orderly room, particularly if there are no books or pipes around.
Good heavens, now I know who my six year old will be when he's grown up. More by far than his brothers, he pulls out ALL the toys, spreads them about in elaborate games, and then leaves them on the floor. Here's to the creative genius messes! I hope he turns out as well.
I absolutely love the look tha room… just looks like old fashioned.. love it … what a gentleman
Sir, your channel is such a delight. I feel so joyous and blessed to have found it. I’ve watched a handful of your videos and each one inspires quality thoughts, Even if only for a moment… Until another necessity hastens swiftly upon me.
I've been going through some tough times, and Malcom, you have single handedly allowed me to smile and reflect. I found your channel last week and since then ive been ending my days listening to you. Thank you for allowing some serenity back into my life.
I would love to smoke a pipe and play some chess with you.
I laugh at your subtle humour, and take great pleasure in seeing someone who works best as I seem to work best - perhaps clutter on the outside allows for clarity on the inside. At least that's the story with which I am sticking! Cheers!
Wonderful to see that someone shares my office organizational strategies. So much inspiration with our thoughts going where they will among the wonderful books and papers. Very personal places. Thank you for your video!
“A man in his madness, is a man that is true”. My office is the same. You sir are someone to look up to.
Afternoon Malcolm, l'm sure Byron and Wordsworth would have had untidy studies had they not had general factotums to clear up after them!
What a charming interlude! Thank you, Malcom
Tidying up is sacrilege. Better a cluttered desk than a cluttered mind. My study/office is full of paper, books, articles, plants, art supplies and my aunt’s art work that need to be framed. My piece of heaven, apart from my garden.
I heartily agree!
In my estimation, the pinnacle of the academic aesthetic is the ability to reach out a hand, randomly, in any direction, & grab hold of an object imbued with a story of some personal or historical significance, regardless of where one is situated in the room at the time. Here, I would say: pinnacle well & truly achieved.
What a beautiful mess! How inspiring :) Thank you.
I love your poem! Thank you for sharing, and for everything you do with this channel.
ha ha, I love this fellow! to see someone so clearly thankful and joyed by the accompaniments and meat of human life brings a smile to my face.
Oh my goodness...my idea of heaven is an afternoon alone in this wonderful space, what a journey that would be.
A tidy study is the sign of a bland mind. All power to you Malcolm and may you’re chaos create more readable feasts. Many thanks from a rather drookit Scotland. Garry
Dear Malcolm, I Absolutely loved this !!! Thank you. I just discovered your channel on St. Patrick's day, recently, with that great video--a pint and some poems. You are MARVELOUS !!!! I feel like I am there in the cozy den of creativity with you. Take care and all the best.... from a super-messy musician-poet in rural New York state.
Absolutely superb poem. The way the poised pen holds you in a spiritual contemplation ... masterful ❤
I love that poem I remember writing one like that as well years ago. I love the creativity that I’m always inspired by on this channel. Thank you!
Imagine a conversation between Malcolm Guite and Mr. Rogers. Joy would ensue. Calm would reign.
Although Mr. Rogers would likely give a lesson on the necessity of organization and the subsequent postive results of such structure. Come to think of it, doesn't Malcolm bear an uncanny resemblance to Mr. McFeely, sans the longer hair and the equally long beard? Hmm?
Love this guy. My desk is generally a disgrace as well.
I dont care what your study looks like Malcolm as long as you produce such wonderful poetty
Saw couple Peterson’s and a beauty of a bent Meerschaum.... perfect 👌!
“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk?”
Malcolm, your study looks a lot like mine. I was thinking of investing in a Troy Kinne "magic coffee table" to solve the problem, but I don't think I can afford the price. As I see some of my clients in my study I often feel embarrassed, but at the same time I love the chaos, the chaos of the introverted intuitive's creative space. Thanks for posting such videos, you help folks like me feel excused.
Second time watching this. You made me smile about many things, but this time I noticed the irony of the disk on your desk. “Smoking kills. Quit now.”
Peace brother!
To be fair, pipes and cigars are not nearly as bad as cigarettes.
A mess .. disarray, is indicative of activity , work, study 📚. Tidiness is indicative of .. tidying . So typical of humans to tidy - some spend their whole lives ‘tidying’ . My place is controlled chaos - and am often doing 27 things at once . So many houses you go in have nothing on the walls , are super tidy, and are more or less empty. I’ll take your study over anything else cos you can tell instantly that you are sane and normal etc. Bless you 🍻 ker-chingg.
Deluxe navy rolls! Good choice.
Brilliant Malcolm ! Join the club ! x x
Love the Laphroaig! My favorite Scotch!
Are not these videos by Malcolm just comforting...kind of akin to a warm evening with grandfather next to the fireplace?😊
Aye.
Genau
Und draußen ist es stürmisch und ungemütlich
Der Großvater ist davon unbeeindruckt und erzählt
An infinitely entertaining man through word and wit.
You are epic to watch I love everything you put out
Always enjoy watching your videos, Mr. Guite.
Glad you like them!
Ein Genie beherrscht das Chaos und findet alles
Kein Grund sich zu schämen 😂
I will refer you to Alberto Manguel ; Packing my Library . There was internal order and external chaos. Juxtapositions ; complimentary colours but no chronology and certainly no order. This made me laugh in a parallel universe sort of way ; appearing in my feed after I sit down to a cup of tea after Clearing my Desk ; in it is left a little handmade mexican drummer ; a totem pole ; my birth certificate having just dealt with the death of my husband and a random envelope which I will keep that referred to us as Mary and Mike Bowden although we never married . It is strange the things that finally find a much longed for space or time to erupt into meaning.
A disgrace with an excuse. I just picked myself up a new line for my messy desk. Good to see you Malcolm!
Is it really even a disgrace? Entropy (chaos, disorder) is the default state of the universe, sometimes you gotta embrace the chaos my friend.
When my good friend Dave stops by I always apologize for my mess. He waves it off and replies, “Yes, but it’s a creative mess. Many works in progress.”
I aspire to have a study like this someday.
Beautiful wood cut of the Father. Reminded me of Russian or Greek cuts or drawings Ive seen in old books.
You inspire me.
A balm to the soul in these troubled times. Found you by happy accident!
it looks very similar to my office, filled with items of so many interests
I hope I come close to this level of library/study in my life time
Most splendid indeed....
Do not change a thing in your room. It is a testament to you.
Malcolm your study is very tidy .... compared to Francis Bacon’s studio.
It’s worth a google. A while back it was piece by piece removed from his house in London and re-assembled in the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin. It can be viewed through a full length glass panel on the door to the replica space.
So I would ease back on the tidying up ... you’ve got a way to go yet.
Thank you again Malcolm for a brilliant tour and very tidy poem.
Ps.
I’m a big fan of the vertical stacking system.
Hello, I once met Francis Bacon, and we went back to his studio in South Kensington. It was great, but the downside, I got stuck in the mess and the fire service had to be called to get me out!!! True story. Early 1980s. Well, the first part is. Never seen such an unholy mess in my life. It made Malcolms study look immaculate and pristine. A very interesting experience, to say the least
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7 Reece Mews. Wow. That’s fascinating.
‘The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.’ F B.
Was Bacon lean when you met him ?
@@nagolhayze9366 yep, that's the place. He was rather lean at the time, yes. Really weird, it's well over 25 years ago, and it seems like yday. I'm sure you know "The French House" in soho. A place he regularly frequented. Those days have completely gone... The mystery and the otherness
@@nagolhayze9366 "The job of the artist is to always deepen the mystery". That's a great quote, isn't it. Although the opposite seems to be happening in the art world of today. Let's hope a renaissance is on it's way
What a fascinating person
Arthurian Poems? Would love to read them! Myself and incredible music artist in the Netherlands who sings in old Norse and now exploring old english, we are creating a handful of little short poetry-esque pieces!
I have that exact same Guadalupe statue with Juan Diego that you have by the window. I found mine in Honduras.
Spotted your David’s Crown book on your desk. Just thought you’d like to know here in our house at the moment we read a psalm a day and then follow it with reading your accompanying interpretative poem. It’s affectionately become known as the Malc on Dave take…
thanks Jo, I like that name for it!
I love
A cluttered space is a cluttered mind. However, with that said, “Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests.” (Proverbs 14:4, NIV)
This is my goal. To have my own study in the future. God Bless
I've always heard an empty desk is a sure sign of an empty mind.
This guy looks like he belongs to the lord of the rings.
A cluttered desk is a battlefield. The poet general with all his army and machines brought to bear against his adversary. The dread blank page. Who's reinforcements are without end.
For a second I thought that Georgia O Keefe painting was the Eye of Sauron
I spied a McClelland tin, cheers mate, mine's almost all gone now.
Chaos magick
If a busy desk is a sign of a busy mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign? (I prefer the word busy over cluttered!)
Cool jacket!
Imagine modern people having this much ambition for purpose?😊
I am enamored with this gentleman. his Benny Hill-esque accent is endlessly entertaining to me. Never have I seen someone so comfortable in their skin. It would be great joy of my life to meet him in person and share a dram and a pipe.
The accent and word usage actually changes from middle to lower class and back again
Always, everything. Right within reach. When thought of. Nothing a match & maybe ,little gas wouldn't fix..😅
Still neater than my book area...
Malcolm, Einstein's desk was a disaster at all times. You are just fine 😅
Buy yourself a pair of high-quality ear-defenders for studying on the train. They instantly plunge you into your own peaceful private world. I studied for a masters whilst commuting many years ago.
2:08 - Is that Shelob on the corner of that paper?!!!!!!!
perhaps some of her smaller relatives!
4:18 ''smoking kills quit now'' 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂
Great video and an unintentional asmr. 😁
We'll hope that the desk clears itself...
I did an interview for the Henry Knows society, there is a poem in here about clearing the desk.
Your work bag that you brought on the train looks very nice! Hope this isn't a strange question, but would you happen to know the company that makes them? Would like to pick one up. Thank you and I enjoy your videos!
Dearest Malcom: so happy to see you, I’ve missed you very much ♥️🙏🏾🤗
[thank, you for you're interesting video]
In the top ten best videos on UA-cam ever
Thanks!
Such a joy to have discovered this channel. I must ask, what is that lighter you have? I often have difficulty getting my pipes to light, since I'm only a few months into pipe smoking after a long loyalty to the cigar. Loved your videos on Dylan Thomas, Samuel Johnson and John Betjeman.
May I suggest a Zippo they make lighters for pipes!
yes its a zippo with the special sideways lantern for lighting pipes