Just realized why I’m not as anti-minimalism as many baroque-complexity fetishists. Minimalism is simplicity caused by anxiety response to complexity (aesthetic Waldenponding). But there’s simplicity on other side of complexity: essensification. Iteration towards intense essence.
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Picasso’s bull series is a great illustration of internal iteration. This is what reworking a piece of writing or a drawing feels like before I hit “publish”.
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