This winter, I've focused on the value of nothing. Many of my efforts are aimed at creating nothing. I clear out the detritus of daily life.
Used dishes become clean.
I trade clean clothes for dirty ones, new sheets of paper for painted ones. I empty sand-filled shoes. I keep some of the children's days free of obligations. The space, the void, the clean slate all welcome creativity. When my oldest daughter was little, I noticed that she and her friends played more with the dollhouse right after I'd tidied it.