Illustration Friday - Simple

Illustration Friday
Theme: Simple

This was a theme which caused me to think a lot. I started thinking about small things that seem quite simple but which possess great power. Hammers, nails, fish hooks.... Needles have always fascinated me, partly as symbols of traditional women's work, and I've sketched out several art projects which feature them. I remember reading once about needles being so precious and scarce that a group of women would have to share one needle between them.

I found this theme to be very interesting and fun to contemplate, especially since I have embarked on the journey to organize my life and home for once and for all. I looked up some quotations on the theme and would love to share my favorites:

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. ~Hans Hofmann, Introduction to the Bootstrap, 1993

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction. ~E.F. Schumacker

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. ~Lin Yutang


Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache. ~Philip Wylie

'....weirdly fruitful of headache" - now that is an amazing phrase!

Here is a simple valentine for all of you who have ventured to read my blog:


Love,
'Zann