the complex vs. the simple
$Zero
it's no contest.
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IOW: there's not even a conflict there.
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this post is not worth reading
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/eb7b1a4eafeefb31
Pies de Arcilla
> the complex vs. the simple
>
> it's no contest.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery: A designer knows he has achieved perfection
not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left
to take away
Albert Einstein: Make everything as simple as possible, but not
simpler.
What I admire most in others work are the complex things that are as
simple as possible.
And what I like most in my work is finding the simplicity in complex
problems.
serenebabe
I must make things simple (break it down into parts, or wave wands of
generalities) or my brain implodes. It's not entirely a new thing for
me, but years of sleep deprivation have reinforced my need to avoid
lots and lots of details all at once.
When I paint, I almost always focus in on a tiny tiny tiny fragment and
paint very very large. A still life of purple tulips in a glass vase on
an orange towel ended up looking quite a bit like abstract art as I
focused in on a particular intersection of stems and blooms.
When I write my best, I use a similar technique (a la Deck Deckert)
where I must be able to summarize the entire piece in one brief
sentence. Until I can make the summary statement (and confirm each part
of the essay matches up to that sentence), I know it's not the best it
can be.
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