How to keep Finder's Icon View messy and disorganised (in a good way)

Hi everyone.
I'm doing creative musical work on my Mac, and the way I've been working on ideas is by placing .aif files and other folders in loosely organised clumps on the desktop (it's got a bit of a mindmapping vibe to it, I've included an example picture). However, I'm on a Macbook Pro with an external monitor, and plugging and unplugging the monitor messes up the layout of my icons, so I can't use that.
I tried doing the same thing in a folder in Finder set to open/browse in Icon View, but this is problematic too. Sometimes I'll save a file into this particular folder and it'll suddenly revert to several columns of alphabetically organised icons. Argh, this is not what I want!
I understand my plight is a bit niche, but here's my question: is there a way to guarantee that if I drag icons in Finder around, they will retain their positions no matter what? This 'messy' way of organising things is a big part of my creative process, so when it suddenly 'organises' itself without warning it really bums me out. Could it have something to do with the .DS_Store file?
Thank you.

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