Feeling good

Is there anything as emotion-evoking as music? I'm sitting at my desk at the Botanical PaperWorks offices listening to sky.fm's Mostly Classical radio station and on comes Mozart's Salzburg Symphony. The music immediately connects me to the movie Out of Africa and evokes all of the feelings of the majestic, sweeping views of the African landscape. It was like I was right there. I've never been to Africa, but I watched the movie and my brain seems to have made a lasting connection between the Mozart piece, the images and my feelings.

I wrote yesterday about color, and like music, color is a critical, emotion-evoking presence in my life and in yours too mostly likely. We're moving the Botanical PaperWorks offices later in April and it was very important to me that the new facility use color [+space] to give a good "feel" to the place. There are huge windows, lots of light, neutral-colored walls with the plan to use punches of feel-good color on the wall art and accessories. We've put an emphasis on good layout that makes work as comfortable and easy as possible with things like ergonomic keyboard trays and papermaking equipment just where it's needed.

What's important to you in your space? Whether it's an office that you've personalized with pictures or a corner of the kitchen that you've claimed as your own, I'd love to hear about what you've done to make your important spaces feel good and right and perfect.

Comments

[Michelle (Tiber River Naturals)]

All it takes for me is some great natural light and clean windows to sneak a peek at the outdoors. The colours that make me feel good are either soft, calming ones like pale blues and greens or bold, bright pinks and oranges. Thanks for the birthday note!