Sunday, January 5, 2020

What do we need?


    

       What do we need?






Being a minimalist always sounded like living in a commune, on a farm, and living off the earth.  It is those things, and yet, it is something that we can incorporate into our lives on a daily basis. And that is without selling all of our worldly possessions and moving into a commune.

So, I am making it a point in 2020 to begin to minimize several areas of my own life. In small ways to begin this journey, I am reducing a lot of clutter. I hate clutter anyway, so that’s not going to be that difficult.

See the pictures of my studio? It’s a mess. And I cannot believe that I am putting up a picture of the MESS. There is so much stuff in here that I don’t use, don’t need, and don’t even know I have. I need to call on St. Anthony every time I need something. How can a person create in such an environment?
So, here it is. My first real project in minimizing is to tackle my studio. I do not plan to do this all in one day. Yet, I am going to make it a daily effort to get rid of all the crap I really don’t need.  This is going to be a trial, All artists think they need a lot of art supplies. It probably makes us think it will make us a better painter. In some things, maybe.  We all know that practicing makes us all better painters.
So, in a couple of weeks, I will take the pictures again. And will see how far I have come.
Wish me luck!

Deb
 
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.” —Vernon Howard

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