“There is a forgotten simplicity that we unwittingly left behind, forsaken for the hopes of the new, complex and the quick.”
Naming clouds and their shapes are a forgotten favorite, left to childhood pastimes and memories of a slower and simpler time, or seemingly so then. There is a forgotten simplicity that we unwittingly left behind, forsaken for the hopes of the new, complex and the quick. We know of what we’ve lost, its residue is still upon our lips, now only spoken of fondly as if unretrievable, as if because time moves forward we cannot look to the past, salvaging what we need.
“Life is difficult why add more, is a question I often ask.”
Simplicity and silence can be found within pockets of our day to day activities, or created within our homes by way of space and visual fine tuning. If we seek it out, it can be found, it starts within the need: editing and most likely, subtracting. It is said that we already have what we need, that we are each, enough, the rest perhaps then is refinement, a balancing of inside and outside. Life is difficult why add more, is a question I often ask. The world is complex because we’ve become complex, the Earth is ill because we are. Why add more, why not less? Less of everything we’ve amassed so far. This is not to suggest we live a monastic life, though these days that sounds appealing, it is merely a matter of looking at needs and wants, and deciding what simplifies and what does not. Our lives are difficult, why not less, why not add the simplicity that is needed.
“Take a moment and look at nature, how it changes and grows, a flower does not try to bloom, it just blooms.”
Take a moment and look at nature, how it changes and grows, a flower does not try to bloom, it just blooms. Perhaps we are trying too hard, trying to beat the system, rather than attuning to ourselves and listening to our intuition: narrowing our focus on what brings us joy. At the risk of being maudlin, the sound you hear is time ticking, life like nature waits for no one.
“Simplicity can be created, as too a future of possibility, it all begins here with each of us, simply, with mind and eyes open.”
Simplicity within an era of the complex and uncertainty may seem at odds, but its possible through mindset and intention. Control lies within each of us, how we think and behave, how we treat ourselves and others, surrounding ourselves with art, good design and natural beauty. Simplicity can be created, as too a future of possibility, it all begins here with each of us, simply, with mind and eyes open. The more simplified the mind and living, the clearer the vision forward, the better we can see the facts before us and how we choose to react. Simplicity then, is merely a tactic of living our lives better, to do better and to be better, mind and body, hope and will.
“Simplicity is in the mind and in the hand, therefor we have the choice of what that means and what that truly looks like.”
Creating simplicity is not about a style or trend, it is a matter of living a fulfilling life, not perfect but full, full of clarity, meaning and purpose and seeing that for all it is, our lives fleeting, tangled within the lives of others. Simplicity is in the mind and in the hand, therefor we have the choice of what that means and what that truly looks like.
