Lovely. :) Marie Kondo became a meme of herself. Her book could have become a poem, this one perhaps! But I like the spark joy concept -- but maybe we need some calibration on what 'joy' means.
Had I known this before… I’m just going through some 56,000 emails stored since c2004, as I have to drop to a tenth of its GBs –or pay. So much useless stuff, oh dear. A waste of space and now a waste of time getting rid of it!
Love it. I had the tidying book until I tidied it out of my house. She sells (or sold) tuning forks to, oh, maybe tidy your vibrations and make them good again. I can’t remember what it cost, but I decided I could live with my messy vibrations.
Had I seen the poem only as the text I'd perhaps think it's too light. However! Seeing it in the graphic collage with the context of the blackout style and the Kondo quote gives it a rich, meta quality that invites additional thought.
How fun that you wrote about Kondo's ideas of shedding everything that doesn't spark joy, that seems inauthentic. I had occasion to refer to refer to her and that Japanese art of restoring balance in our lives by ridding ourselves of what we've outgrown in my lates post. Serendipity, perhaps. I've been finding reference to "authenticity" in other post as well today. Love the art of erasure that creates poetry as well.
Lovely. :) Marie Kondo became a meme of herself. Her book could have become a poem, this one perhaps! But I like the spark joy concept -- but maybe we need some calibration on what 'joy' means.
Perfect!!😉
Kondo has some bizarre ideas: https://levraphael.substack.com/p/marie-kondo-is-a-book-vandal?utm_source=publication-search
Truth.
More, more, more.. how do you like it?
Fun material - love the erasure.
Had I known this before… I’m just going through some 56,000 emails stored since c2004, as I have to drop to a tenth of its GBs –or pay. So much useless stuff, oh dear. A waste of space and now a waste of time getting rid of it!
I can relate!
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But actually… X.P. Callahan struck the chord today!
I love the counterpoint between her words and your poem. And the title!
Oh and love the marks you used in the collage to erase the text.
Wow
X.P. and Marie
collaborate
wisely
It's all about flux. "Out with the old, in with the new." Keep it moving..
Love it. I had the tidying book until I tidied it out of my house. She sells (or sold) tuning forks to, oh, maybe tidy your vibrations and make them good again. I can’t remember what it cost, but I decided I could live with my messy vibrations.
Good for you.
Had I seen the poem only as the text I'd perhaps think it's too light. However! Seeing it in the graphic collage with the context of the blackout style and the Kondo quote gives it a rich, meta quality that invites additional thought.
How fun that you wrote about Kondo's ideas of shedding everything that doesn't spark joy, that seems inauthentic. I had occasion to refer to refer to her and that Japanese art of restoring balance in our lives by ridding ourselves of what we've outgrown in my lates post. Serendipity, perhaps. I've been finding reference to "authenticity" in other post as well today. Love the art of erasure that creates poetry as well.