Simply Beautiful

“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.  ~Hans Hofmann

There’s a lot of beauty in simplicity.  Sure that’s kind of a tired saying, but like a lot of sayings, it’s only tired because it’s been good enough to stand the test of time. Standing the test of time makes one tired - generally, it also makes one right.

Take the art print above, for example.  I look at a lot of art on a daily basis.  My eyes have a lot more money than my hands do, so looking is usually about as far as it goes.  Today, alone, I must have browsed through 500 prints online.  The most beautiful one…the one that stood out in my mind at the end of the day….was the simply beautiful art print above (The Dog, Drawing on Paper by Pablo Picasso).

My uptown eyes saw hills, valleys, beaches, sunsets, vases, abstracts, horses, and architectural brilliance - but when all was said and done, the one thing they couldn’t stop talking about was a little black weiner dog drawn on a plain white paper. Usually, of all of my members, my eyes are the only art collectors, but this art print will be an exception. My whole body’s in agreement - we have to have this dog. Not only for its beauty, but also for the sermon it preaches about simplicity.  I’ll hang him somewhere my whole family can see as a reminder to simplify.

Sometimes I wonder if we aren’t all driving ourselves stark raving mad because we’re fighting so hard against what’s best for us - a simpler life. 

• Simpler meals - which would be physically healthier
• Simpler lifestyles - which would be financially healthier
• Simpler days - which would be mentally healthier
• Simpler evenings - which would be emotionally healthier

Just a thought - and a simple one, at that.

Credit: The wonderful framed art print is from Chef’s Corner - when you get to the website, enter The Dog, Drawing on Paper by Pablo Picasso in the search box.