I like this picture of me in my studio.

To the far right, you can see one of the giant sheets of graph paper that I use for music notation paper. Those are what I use at the piano.
The computer monitor is displaying the piano roll window in FL Studio. The small midi controller is connected to FL Studio and the large midi controller is connected to my 2 Korgs. The Korg Minilogue XD is new as of this summer and I’ve barely explored it. The 05R/W is from 1995. Happy 30th birthday, little Korg!

To my left is my giant chart of the Planet Project, arranged for a year of work.

On the wall directly in front of me is a bulletin board with reminders like “Software wish list” and a format for music file names.

As for the plants. Jay Allen in his “Stop Writer’s Block” class talks about setting up your work environment in a way that is conducive to your creativity. In his studio he has a ceramic head which he has kept in his office for many years and had brought along to each place he’s lived. (I think he said he found it in a dumpster somewhere?) In my case there is a plant that my mother-in-law bought for me in 1981, an epiphyllum. We have cuttings of this plant all over the house. I love it. It is quirky and tough and sometimes produces gigantic fragrant white flowers that stay open for only one night. Another workdesk inhabitant is Sea Onion (Bowiea volubilis). The ones I have on my desk are descended from one that I got for my 8 year old, close to 20 years ago! And finally, there’s a cluster of bromeliads. All the members of this plant collection tolerate neglect, and have phases of dormancy and phases of growth.

Just like my music.