• Best of #WriteSpace Vol. 4: The Deskless

Best of #WriteSpace Vol. 4: The Deskless

Truman Capote once called himself “a completely horizontal author.” He worked from his bed, like our own Michael Bourne, or from the couch, like Lydia Kieslin g and yrs. truly, and far be it from me to mess with his method, even if some of these #writespace entries are giving me a severe case of desk envy.

Though we didn’t receive many bedroom #writespace tweets or tumbls, there was a strong showing in the armchair and floor area departments. I am pleased to report that we without desks are a numerous tribe. Here are our favorite deskless #writespaces:

While we don’t know who you are, Ring Tale, we know that you write in bed and like Nina Simone. Were you listening to “Feelin’ Good” to compose that list? We can only hope.

Good call on the library and the armrests, Jesper Tengquist. Bonus points for the plant life.

While we received a suprising number of floor entries, Caroline Cropp’s takes the cake. Caroline tweeted that “the hardness vs my ribs reminds this is my life’s work.” Cheers to that! But we can’t help but wonder if the former contents of those wine crates might’ve helped to soften the old hard wood, just a little?

And of course, what’s not to love about Alex Shephard’s bare bones under-the-table #writespace? No knick-knackery, no papers spilling over. Just a few crumbs, a smile, and a writing instrument. It’s a sort of platonic ideal of desklessness. I wonder if this is technically Full Stop mag’s headquarters? I also wonder where that white piece of debris next to Alex came from, and whether or not it is a potato chip, but perhaps the answers to questions such as these are not ours to know.

Source: themillions.com