Re: Maximalism Is A Better Word

Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote or quoted:

This word "minimalism" has been rolling around in the back of my head
for a couple of days now, ever since the e-mail that pointed out some
contemporary usage.

  I ain't too sure what that usage pointed out in that e-mail
  was, but I did catch wind that Cal Newport dropped a book
  called "Digital Minimalism." From what I gathered, it's about
  dialing back our use of social media and electronic devices.

  Otherwise, here's the scoop on the traditional meaning from the
  20th century:

      - A school of abstract painting emphasing simplification of form

      - Use of the fewest and barest essentials in the arts or design

      - A school of contemporary music marked by extreme simplification

  At the end of the day, that term might be a tad on the
  nebulous side, 'cause certainly nothing is as complex as
  the creation of a minimal system!