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“Simplify, simplify, simplify.” — Henry David Thoreau<\/p>\n

“Simplify.” — Wendy McElroy<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s funny about simplicity. It’s easiest for the very rich and the very poor, but I don’t think either go for it as often as they might. The rich (and these are very broad generalizations here) are too busy hustling to get richer or consuming and partying with the wealth they’ve got. The poor are too busy struggling not to be so poor. Or they’re filled with resentment, unable to be creative with what they’ve got (or haven’t got).<\/p>\n

Simplicity is harder for people in the Great Middle. Yet in my experience they’re exactly the people who crave it most. Again, a broad generalization. But people who aren’t<\/em> poor but who struggle every day with commutes and escalating bills and child care and hefty mortgages and worries about retirement probably think more about moving to the woods or scaling life down (or whatever their personal concept of the simple life is) than people on the far ends of the spectrum.<\/p>\n

Lucky is anybody who craves simplicity and finds a way to go out and get it.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the quest for simplicity … isn’t simple. Getting there is complicated. And even simplicity, once attained, brings its own set of complications. Ask Joel<\/a> about that. <\/p>\n

Life. It’s weird no matter how you live it.<\/p>\n

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The picture is called “A Foggy Day at the Beach.” Another small study. It’s not as dramatic as yesterday’s candle painting, or as successful, though it took an hour longer to do. But I was happy with the rock textures (click to see them better). One of these days I’m going to have to learn to paint shadows. They’re tricky. That’s why I made it a FOGGY day. Fewer and more subtle shadows. Putting off that Learning Experience until another time.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Simplify, simplify, simplify.” — Henry David Thoreau “Simplify.” — Wendy McElroy It’s funny about simplicity. It’s easiest for the very rich and the very poor, but I don’t think either go for it as often as they might. The rich (and these are very broad generalizations here) are too busy hustling to get richer or consuming and partying with the wealth they’ve got. The poor are too busy struggling not to be so poor. Or they’re filled with resentment, unable to be creative with what they’ve got (or haven’t got). Simplicity is harder for people in the Great Middle. Yet…<\/p>\n

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