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All Things Minimal
Leonardo da Vinci once said, “ Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” and most people would say that a minimalist lifestyle is living a simplistic life.
Minimalism can mean different things to different people. It could be minimal art, minimal literature , minimal music or it could even be a way of living. Initially, minimalism started in the late 1960s in America as visual arts and music movement. It is characterized by extreme simplicity of form. Minimalist architecture became popular in the late 1980s in London. In recent times, it has become a lifestyle commonly referred to as minimalist lifestyle or simple living
Minimalism is giving up things, objects, possessions and even people in order to live a simple life. It is considered to be freedom from the passion to possess and not want things that one does not really require. It is living with the bare minimum.
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While minimalism has become popular in recent times, Gauthama Buddha, Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi and many more influential figures lived and preached about living a simple life and giving up materialism. A minimalist lifestyle includes change in mindset, increase in self-sufficiency and reducing consumption and possession.
Ashritha, a student has been a minimalist for a over a year. She says that her family hoards a lot of things and relationship and she wanted to change that. She wanted to give more to life than she can take and a minimalist lifestyle helps her do that.
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"I started to decluttering my wardrobe and now I am decluttering my body that is removing the excess fat I have kept for 18 years. " Ashritha adds. She truly believes that minimalism can make one happy and content.
Minimalism through the eyes of an architect
-written and compiled by Shashwati Sreekumar
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