nautical

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8.24.2006

"Consider in one day, the sequence of events to occur in the following pattern. Complexity, complexity, complexity, complexity, complexity, complexity, complexity, complexity, complexity, complexity, complexity, simplicity. Simplicity becomes salvation.

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity, complexity, simplicity, simplicity, complexity, complexity, simplicity, complexity, complexity, simplicity, simplicity, complexity. It is the rhythm of simple and complex that matters the most.

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity, simplicity, simplicity, simplicity, simplicity, simplicity, simplicity, simplicity, simplicity, simplicity, simplicity, simplicity, simplicity, simplicity, simplicity, simplicity, simplicity. There is no way to connect with simplicity when how complexity feels has been forgotten."
-maeda


after reading this and listening to bill withers -- ain't no sunshine. realized that short bit in song that always makes me gasp a little where mr. withers sings 'i know' 26 times with slight variation also illustrates maeda's point. hardly noticed before -- neither that they are different nor that there are so many ...

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this blog is like a visit to my studio, illustrating ideas i'm working through and work in progress along with the everyday crafty and occasional note of that which inspires. i have begun posting finished and long-term projects to the 'gallery' linked-to above.

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