[Margaret Port]

I saw a documentary on a recently deceased Irish artist (London Based) which described how archaeologists were recording the contents of his studio/home prior to moving it to Dublin.
I can't remember his name at the moment, but he was quite famous and suffered severely from asthma.
I think he had not thrown out a rag, a brush, an empty tube, anything at all for his entire life.
There was mountains of stuff piled on every surface. Empty and half completed canvases stacked against walls, and piled to the ceiling. There was a little track through it all which allowed him to move from his bed to his easel to his bathroom to his stove.
The museum mapped every little item, numbered everything, packed all his rubbish reverentially into little plastic bags, and then into padded foam boxes ready to be transported and reconstructed, complete with dust and grime, in the studio's new home. I immediately went into my studio and had a big cleanup.
I don't think I would like to be that famous!!!!