Simplicity, Not that Simple
My life’s new mantra is “less is more”
When it comes to dressing up every day, my mind simply refuses to even try and make a complex outfit. I mean the maximum number of garments I can wear at a time is 3! That’s it. My mind simply goes into overdrive when more than 3 pieces of clothing are involved! Don’t get me wrong, I salute those of you who have the capacity to wear more than 3, unnecessary pieces of clothing, I really do. But I don’t think I would ever go that far and pile on all sorts of layers. I mean we live in INDIA for god’s sake! There’s no escaping the sun!
For me, the clothes that I wear serve a purpose. Now I possibly can’t walk around sans pants or topless, so I wear my tops and bottoms. If I’m feeling cold, I wear a jacket. But more than that?! I would only let it slide (without rolling my eyes super hard) if it’s 3 degrees outside and you’re freezing to death and need layers and layers to keep yourself dying from hypothermia!
But what happens when it’s hot outside, which is more than half the year? Do people think about practicality or they are just so devoted and faithful to the lords of fashion that they would rather sacrifice comfort just to please them? (Oh please, chic almighty please accept my offering!) Okay no.
Would anyone care to explain to me why someone would wear a bralette on top of a fucking shirt and then layer it with an overcoat!? Come on, I know the male audience can work with me too.
I wish I could put up pictures of some of the most ridiculous outfits I have seen over time. …but I guess that would be a little mean.
Don’t your eyes hurt sometimes because there is SO MUCH happening in a picture?
Don’t you feel like taking a step back and just taking a deep breath and wishing there was more simplicity around?
So I have decided to develop my personal sense of style around this mantra. I have now understood that you don’t have to follow the over-crowded crowd! There is already too much going on in there and maybe if you step in, it might explode anytime!
I like things that don’t have a lot happening around. Less is more and when you have lesser to focus on the better you can pay attention to something.
If you’ve noticed, over doing things is easy. Just mush in loads of things together and people will think, “Oh wow what complexity!” “Brilliant!”
Yes, okay.. complexity and attention to details does create interest. But sometimes, it’s also good to not think so much. Being an over thinker, my mind is usually on overdrive, thinking all sorts of things most of the time. But sometimes, we all need to ‘take a chill-pill’ and calm down.
http://cavemancircus.com/2015/07/30/15-ridiculous-pieces-of-art-that-sold-for-millions-of-dollars/
If you follow the link above, you will see extremely plain and simple pieces of art that were sold for millions! And one would immediately think “WHAT THE FUCK DID THEY SEE IN THEM! I could make that shit!”
Did you ever think of just leaving the canvas plain?
And that’s why those people sold, Simplicity, for millions! While you were thinking about and searching for the next Mona Lisa!
I too remember reading about how this canvas which was painted completely blue was sold for millions and that’s exactly what I thought as well. But now is when I really understand why.
It’s not easy to think simple things. If you think about it, the hardest thing to make for a painter was a straight line. NOT a masterpiece. And to come to think of it, whoever did draw it for the first time, probably didn’t have any instrument, like a scale. A whole lot of people can make all kinds of complicated and abstract things by being inspired by things around. But who would have thought that making a straight line took more creativity than making a masterpiece? Think about it, how many straight things were actually there in nature the first time someone drew a straight line? And how did they truly know, it was straight?
Makes your mind jog doesn’t it?
Hell, I still can’t draw a straight line without a scale. Now imagine what my Hindi notebook must have looked like in school.
When you have too many elements in a recipe, when you have too many options on a menu, when there are too many tunes in a song, your brain must go like WOW this is a lot! Calm your tits/dicks!
So go home, relieve yourself and your mind of the clutter and unwind.
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