Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Threau Said Some Stuff!

H.D Thoreau is always worth quoting. Even if you don't have a clue what he was saying, you end up sounding educated and profound.

His works and views never got much press, until the 70s. No doubt many of you know what I mean: that hippy era during our coming of age.

Here's a quote I never remembered:
Do what you love. Know your own bone: gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.

and

Let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred, or a thousand.

Both of these point to minimalism, which of course he was famous for, if he ever was famous at all.

Streamlining stuff, not getting overly invested in other people's agendas (hey, how about that bake sale?) and knowing thyself.

I like that. My good friend says he doesn't like a lot of stuff, but the stuff he does like, he likes a lot of it.
Sounds minimalist to me. Finding that good chew toy that you love, and just love the pieces out of it.

I'm not going to be buying that new fangled lavendar purse, do don't even try it. I like some good solid royal blue, ranger green, basic black, pure white, outrageous red. Too many colors going on mean too many things that don't match, in my books.

Thats my bone for today.

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