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The magic of clutter

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  • wtgW Offline
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    Take that, Marie Kondo!

    The world sees Japan as a paragon of minimalism. But its hidden clutter culture shows that ‘more’ can be as magical as ‘less'

    https://aeon.co/essays/the-life-changing-magic-of-japanese-clutter?src=longreads

    When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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        Full disclosure — I haven’t read the article yet, but here are some photos I took of a sort of pawn shop last time we were in Japan.

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        One more

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          RealPlayer
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          Echoes of zen…the bigger the front, the bigger the back. And yin/yang.

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            DeweyLOU
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            If clutter is magical then I am David Copperfield.

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              Steve Miller
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              Great article!

              And I learned a new term, too - Trash Mansion ! 👍

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