{"id":274009,"date":"2020-09-14T13:47:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T17:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=274009"},"modified":"2020-09-14T13:48:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T17:48:06","slug":"why-minimalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/14\/why-minimalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Minimalism?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My very pragmatic thoughts towards minimalism:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Minimalism is more convenient, productive, and generative.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Do not pursue minimalist ways for some sort of strange <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/25\/virtue-flexing-2\/\">virtue-flexing<\/a> (I am doing a &#8216;good&#8217; thing for the environment or planet or whatever). No. <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/minimalism\/\">Minimalism<\/a> is about <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/02\/in-praise-of-convenience\/\">convenience<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/29\/via-negativa-productivity-2\/\">productivity<\/a>-maximizing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/minimalism\/\">Minimalism<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/minimalism\/\">Less is Better<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/29\/easier-to-subtract-than-add\/\">Easier to Subtract than Add<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/28\/minimalism-is-the-new-elitism\/\">Minimalism is the New Elitism<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/17\/minimalism-as-consumerism-2-0\/\">Minimalism as Consumerism 2.0<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/24\/why-simplify-your-life\/\">Why Simplify Your Life?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/06\/minimum-viable-technology\/\">Minimum Viable Technology<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/20\/why-i-hate-heavy-cameras\/\">Why I Hate Heavy Cameras<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/28\/minimalist-photography\/\">Minimalist Photography<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/06\/why-less-is-more-in-street-photography-and-life\/\">Why Less is More in Street Photography (and Life)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/17\/less-but-better\/\">Less, But Better<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/06\/reduce\/\">Reduce<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/19\/purge\/\">Purge<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My very pragmatic thoughts towards minimalism: Minimalism is more convenient, productive, and generative. Do not pursue minimalist ways for some sort of strange virtue-flexing (I am doing a &#8216;good&#8217; thing for the environment or planet or whatever). 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