On 11 August 2010 15:35, Anh Hai Trinh <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the essence of minimalism is that one take away as much as one > possibly can. > > It's interesting that in this meaning, minimalism is not just the > opposite of bloat, but also denotes some kind of balance.
"The simplicity of wabi-sabi is best described as the state of grace arrived at by a sober, modest, heartfelt intelligence. The main strategy of this intelligence is economy of means. Pare down to the essence, but don’t remove the poetry. Keep things clean and unencumbered, but don’t sterilize. (Things that are wabi-sabi are emotionally warm, never cold.) Usually this implies a limited palette of materials. It also means keeping conspicuous features to a minimum. But it doesn’t mean removing the invisible connective tissue that somehow binds the elements into a meaningful whole." -- Leonard Koren It seemed appropriate, and I just adore that quote. cls
