Cataloging = Soothing?

After the improvement that was my third day at the Artists Archives, I began to think that the office work may cut even with the more hands on jobs. Walking in through the front doors of the office, I took my seat to talk to Ken. He told me that I would start cataloging new pieces from one of the archived artists. Entering the large warehouse that was the archive, I was given brief hands on instructions before I was left to do the job independently. The process of cataloging involves carefully taking out the pieces from their storage area (wearing gloves) and recording the information about them on sheet of paper. The basic data points that need to be recorded are things like the piece’s dimensions, the artist’s name, and a brief description of the piece itself, among others. The final part of the process is taking a few pictures of whatever is being cataloged for the online database. Overall, cataloging is not the most exciting activity, but it is very rewarding if that’s believable at all. The atmosphere in the archive is much more calming than in the office, what with the constant hum of the fans (for maintaining temperature and humidity) and the more relaxed pacing. And also you can apparently listen to music while working in the archive, an option that I will definitely abuse.