Oh yes, I Remember Mama is a good'un! The Swedish fambly experience here. An' tho the Secret Garden is velly English--wull, it's a fav-o-rite. Like Heidi, it's about the power of friendship in healin' folks! The wonder of human beans in helpin' each other -- an' how class boundaries don't matter a whit when reachin' across heart-ta-heart / hand -ta-hand. My dear daughters an' I just wartched it again' this year--it was MAGICAL when the garden showed up in COLOR. Who needs special "eeee-fects"... livin' color wuz magic!
An' yup, documentaries are a great way to keep our hist'ry--the real an' the bunk but that's why we're all figger'in it out! Back ta the thrift store!
Thanks for the article. I realize it's too modern but I would add "Tucker: the Man and His Dream." It was made in the eighties but set in the forties. Also, while I realize you're talking here about U.S. movies, but I always recommend "The Ruling Class" starring Peter O'Toole as Jack Gurney, the 14th Earl of Gurney. Among the exchanges therein:
"His lordship is a paranoid schizophrenic."
"But he's a Gurney."
"Then he's a paranoid schizophrenic Gurney."
I assume you've seen "Zelig." It's priceless on a number of levels. The crazy lady Mia Farrow plays a psychologist. And there's a clip within it of the real life lunatic Bruno Bettelheim.
Thank you so much for the warning! We need to show these to our kids, get them while we still can! I don't know if they are going to ban the great tv westerns like Gunsmoke & Wanted Dead or Alive, I used to watch the re-runs, they were so good. I know that Gunsmoke had a few women writers, really good story lines. I would always watch the credits for the ones i really liked.
I grew up watchin' re-runs--an' yer right, them shows were SOoooo good! Gunsmoke too! I fondly recall that nice Miss Kitty, I do! I had no idea 'bout the lady writers on it but good on 'em! (an' hat tip to them producers fer hirin' some laydees as well!) Yup, I only spoke of movies here, but yer right! Old teeveee--that too was our his'try! I own less've it but it's INDEED worth ownin' too--the stories, the famblies...all've it! An' of course them common-sensical/comic-sense-i-cal Beverly Hillbillies is near an' dear ta my heart--I woudn't be Daisy Moses without 'em!
There's one gunsmoke that sticks in my mind, the one where a lady and her son lost their crop due to drought; they're starving, she falls ill, Doc diagnoses her with scurvy, and sets about to get her some fruit, but he has to send away for preserves, there's none to be had in the general store and it won't come in time to save her; so he goes to some ranches to try to buy some potatoes, but the asshole rancher who has some won't sell any even to save the lady's life - she dies - Kathleen Hite wrote it. She is on the credits for many gunsmoke stories - somewhere there's a pic of her with James Arness when he was young (so handsome.)
DAISY!! I could kiss ya!! What a tremendous article, and thank you SO VERY MUCH for the incredibly kind shout-out! You weren't kidding when you mentioned that my original article spurred you -- holy moly, woman. You took OFF and FLEW.
I'm so grateful for your exhortations to go out and purchase the old stuff. Although I've seen the creeping book banning and censorship, I've not really been considering the possibility of its extent and scope -- or thought about what I have the power to do. Leave it to you, darlin', to empower us all!
Your list of classics is GOLD. I'm bookmarking it... no, wait... I'm PRINTING IT OUT!! XOX
Wull hugs n' kisses back cuz it wuz my proud pleasure an' much deserved ta share yer piece 'best I could!
Lordy, we've all been SO caught up in tryin' ta beat the Schwabian-Covidian-Faustian-Faucheean-MuskyMusk outta the ol' rug that we LOSE thought of who we ARE, who we kin BE! We got arms (an' keyboards) swingin' with the rug-beater an' easily lose sight've the HOPES an' the DREAMS and the the KNOW HOW an' the GOOD OL' Gumption we need ta lick these buzzards! The joy we feel fer ol' Jimmy Stewart WINNIN' as the wet-behind them ears green cornball UNDERDOG against the MACHINE, wull you reminded us of it, of it's importance! An' I'm SO so glad ya did!
How timely it IS now to recall these real stories that wet the corners've our eyes and crack the corner's of our mouths in grins a mile long! Makes ya wanna jump INTA the screen an' give Jimmy Stewart hugs n' kisses, right? But as they say, THAT's the spirit! We need it, need ta see it!
Sure DeeCee is thornier now than it ever wuz, but who knows.... mebbe there IS a Mr Smith among us? (Thomas Massie has potential thar..) But keepin' that sharp picture in our minds eye--THAT is what it's all about!
So Miss Mary, git ta that thrift store, print out that list--gather round the campfire ('er the radiator?) an' start wartchin' ! With more grattytude an' xos what besides!
Couldn't agree more. Who we are, and who we can be, are both being crushed with fear mongering and a proliferation of dystopian stories. It's up to US to keep stories alive that remind us -- as you said, keepin' that sharp picture in our mind's eye -- of who we truly are and can be... divine, creative, resilient, POWERFUL beings.
Yup, I thought 'bout Tucker but it did come later than the main list here. I put on a few Coppola's already (Godfather series, Apocalypse, an' One from the Heart but yup, Tucker is good 'un too!) I DID just stick to the US ones an' it was already so limited--it's amazin' how many tee-riffic films were made here 'fore it all went ta pot! Agreed, The Ruling Class is excellent--there are a LOT of fine flicks I'd add some with a great world view, others with a wry eye on current state of things... Alphaville would be nice....but my take is "git" our US his-story first! THEN there's time fer more...MUCH more! I LOVED Zelig--need ta revisit is I fer got 'bout that Bruno Bettelheim clip! (I just showed my girls some've lunatic Brother Theodore...)--an' I'm a big Woody fan too! Come ta think've it...SLEEPER may be timely--gotta laugh too, lordy we do! (Re Mia--wull, type castin' an' all...)
Powerful story! Reminds me 've Brundibar (which ends well due to the good people in the town gatherin' to help AFTER many rejections--unlike this 'un)....
The message is clear about NOT turnin' yer back on good folks in need like the no-good rancher, a Scrooge unredeemed. Ha! re James Arness--yup, that was the rugged-handsome look fer sure! (My girls make fun'a me fer thinkin' like that 'bout Sean Connery--the only Bond fur as I'm concerned!)
Well said, Daisy! I've held onto my boxes of DVDs for some intuitive reason that I haven't been able to articulate, but you've persuaded me that it was the right choice. The way things vanish into the memory hole these days is more than a bit concerning.
I do want to defend Marie Kondo a bit though. Her book on tidying came out well before the "Own nothing and be happy" campaign began, and it's actually focused on the idea that we SHOULD own things and take pleasure from them, but that we should do so CONSCIOUSLY, as opposed to buying whatever overpriced trash is foisted on us by the advertisers, and then suffering from the amount of material and psychic resources that it consumes. The fact is that there ARE a whole lot of people whose vital energy is consumed by the mountains of mass-produced trash that they surround themselves with, and there's a big difference between suggesting some well-needed Spring cleaning and advocating for totalitarian control of all property. Just my two cents!
As fer Madam Con-Dough (who surely cashed in!), we'll have ta agree ta disagree, but okay by me. Tho her book(s) came out before WE all heard 'bout ownin' nuttin'--it rode the wave'of a creepy miminalist movement that ushered in that very-same message--AND that smooth gray wave wuz put inta place long 'fore the year 2000. Also, the lingo 'bout "mindfulness"--if that ain't a NWO buzz word I don't know what is!
'Member, if ya own little ya don't need much space fer yer stuff either!
Notice Marie Kondo is always ALONE in the frame--never with others. Yup.
Of COURSE, it goes without sayin' that Ameri-cons (conned Ameri-CANS) need ta stop ownin' garbiage-plastic-bleepin' landfill-toxic-useless dollar store junk made in Chynnnna, but Marie's schtick was to own just TWO or THREE things you "love." TWO or THREE things? THAT goes way beyond cleanin' out yer closets and FAR FAR inta them globalist wet dreams of havin' just a couple things (no more) to spark-yer-joy (yuk)
BY THE WAY--Kondo would have us give away our BOOK Collections, our RECORD collections, our MOVIES TOO! If that ain't part of The Plan...don't know what is?! Have a drone bring you one perfect audio-book to give ya joy?! (mebbe it is just beamed onta yer phone--why bother READING?)
It's throwin' out the baby, the bathwarter, AND the tub! (Mebbe the entire bathroom--why not just gitta MOMA chamber pot--white, no detail, of course!
ALSO Laydee Marie near-always appears in a white or pale pristine, colorLESS antiseptic settin' of ZEN-DENIAL. She often wears white too! Sharp lines an' simple shapes are her "terry-tory" an' nuttni' that looks like COMFORT by any stretch'o the mind. (No deep couches, no fuzzy socks!)
Marie Kondo's "ideal" ain't crusty Fran Lebowitz with ONE pack've ciggies in her 'baccy-stained fingers, ONE manual typewriter, and... one key to her VOLUMINOUS library (ha! okay so I picked the wrong collector!). It's about clean, pure, devoid of anything but THAT.
Nope, lil' Marie (a sorta twisted non-nurturin' PURE holy mudder've gawd) IS the face of austerity all done up in pale shades of STONE an' pure minimalist nothingness. ZEN minimalism... love the VOID!
So yup, I'm all fer us not conflagratin' ourselfs like them poor Collier Brothers whose collections were legendary, BUT I stick ta my Roy Rogers guns 'bout this lady. Marie Kondo is indeed part've that NWO agenda (however she SEES HERSELF!)...
Heck, I hate ta defend Pineapple Princess (thinkin' of her recent Pffizer Act!) Martha Stewart--but her style of tasteful acquisition--no junk, just havin' REALLY nice things around ya, bee-u-tee-ful fabrics, pottery, etc--that make ya feel good (which IS an American Dream) is FAR more human than livin' like a MONK (...er NUN / NONE--cuz that's what ye git with her)!
Kondo is about callin' self-denial selective JOY an' that to me is propaganda! (bull-shart by another name...) I ain't buyin' it, no sireee...
ps There are a couple laydees with EXCELLENT eyes (imo) for ownin' JUST what ya love! Both 'r New Yawkers (natch...)--Suzanne Lipschutz of Second Hand Rose (whose Chelsea Apartments apartment rooms were the coolest spaces ever--joyful palettes and such a fun ecclectic mix'a GREAT stuff from all over the WHIRLED!) an' Amy Sedaris (https://www.curbed.com/article/amy-sedaris-home-tour.html) who has a far goofier, campier vision--but the way she enjoys her livin' space (with bunnies!) is all about gen-u-ine Joy 'n Fun! Couldn't be more polar opposites from Con-Dough... just puttin' it out there...
Of course New Yawk is filled with more AMAZIN' sets've blinkers fer this stuff but these are 2 whose tastes in decor-ate-in' I DO admire! (An' methinks all over the US of AYE! we got folks with good sets've eyes that reject even the somewhat less-austere Ikea only semi-cheerless set of cookie-cutter pre-fab designs they're tryin' to push on us--an' invent their own rich, textured spaces!)
If your point is that Marie's tidying methodology could be twisted to support Klaus & Co's ethos, even if she doesn't intend for it to do so, I'll grant you that. Indeed, that raises a larger point, which is that ALL KIND of well-intentioned ideas could be subsumed by the acolytes of bug-eating. That's a much larger discussion.
As you say, we can agree to disagree. I will leave you with this blog post from her though, in which she specifically says that she's not promoting what you think she's promoting.
"The first step in my tidying method is to imagine your ideal lifestyle. For some, this vision might be to surround yourself with the bare essentials; for others, it could mean living in a home teeming with beloved art, books, collections and heirlooms."
"Joy is personal. Each individual’s ideal life – and space – will look different from the next. If minimalism is a lifestyle that sparks joy for someone, I encourage that; in the same way, if someone has determined that many items in their life spark joy, that’s okay, too!"
No way've knowin' fer sure if her "philosopy" was simply "twisted" to support Klaus & Co. ethos OR if it was formed within that mindset (which was leakin' inta schools, books, funding fer projects an' so much more!) I think it was "informed" by the whole "let's green the Earth" b/c scarcity an' all that... let's conserve on resources, yadayada. Ya know (I think) it's not just books she sells now--it's STUFF which I find is the ultimate irony...
The quote you shared is likely "walkback" cuz, y'know, some folks ACCUSED her of promotin' the ascetic life and callin' it joyful... rightly so, re the critics, I fer sure ain't the first 'er last 've 'em but mebbe I'm one of the few ta just bring in NWO an' not just "minimalism." But anyway, yup, she used ta say just keep 2-3 things you love, dump the rest (and now...buy stuff you "should" love from her--HA!--an' golly the stuff she sells is spendy too!). So.... she's been around for at least a couple decades--the quote is more recent... I see it not dissimilar to fElon Musk goin' OH yes, I was sayin' globalism is good but now I see that it could go TOO FAR, so let's not ERASE nay-shuns... Kinda similar...
So indeedy, we're gonna pole-litely agree ta disagree on this Laydee Entrepreneur 'of sorts--here' bouts I'm happy to see dif'rent onions 'bout just everythin'.... includin' those raisin' an eyebrow 'bout life livin' in a "condo" (vs yer own home...) or follerin' someone who kin "con-dough!"... vs them that DO like her way've "sparkin' " joy. (Let's just hope none've her stuff is flammable!) thanks fer commentin' !
HOWEVER, I personally think it works in lockstep with But totally agreed that in general, good intent-shuns kin be used conveniently by the Mister Globals
Totally agree! It’s been a practice of mine for quite a few years now, to obtain and store in one of my many trusty hardwood bookshelves, no less than “one high quality original hard copy of every single movie, TV series, documentary and music album” I have at some point or another—personally deemed worthy of being listed within the category of… “artistic master work!” Those ageless classics I feel hold significant historical value. “the Treasure of Sierra Madre” — “Taxi Driver” — “the Deer Hunter” — The Band’s “Music from Big Pink” — Dylan’s “The times they are a changin” — “2001 a Space Odyssey” — “Dr Strangelove” etc, etc… They’ve conned us into digital downloads from the cloud… but clouds can evaporate in an instant! Hard copy is the way to go!
Good on ya fer keepin' them shelves too--an' I'm a fan've ALL the "Master Works" ya listed. Ding it! I fergot 2001, just added it next ta Strangelove that one's important (Deer Hunter is close'un too...). There are JUST TOO MANY've 'em but my hope is ta at least git folks STARTIN' to OWN this stuff 'fore it vanishes (or they delete it remotely!) And yup, music too--hard copy fer all the music. Heck, I still got my "vinyl" (cuz it sounds way better n' cd-ease even if less con-veni-ant). Like the film list, that music list'd be loooong... An' don't git me started 'bout usin' real instru-mints, I cain't stand the drudge-it-tal stuff or "auto-tune" fer all the non-singers... I'll spare y'all the rant--but YES YES YES, gotta collect hard copies of ALL the music too!
Given your experience in theatre etc.. I’m pretty sure you’d have a far more extensive movie collection than I. I’m guessin I probably wouldn’t even have heard of 95% of it! Music’s been my gig for some 40 odd…(sometimes really odd!)—years. I had a drummer mate who wanted to use his electronic sample trigger-pad kit on some album demos I was doing ... I said.. “listen, I don't care how good you say they sound.... it's a "real kit" or nothing!” He never called me back...
aw thanx, I do value the hist'ry of all them celluloid wonders (vs "sell ya lloyd") but sounds like yer off ta a solid start yerself with some golden ones--Kubrick and Huston, mavericks fer SURE!
An' while the things 'r cheap, I'd still say there's no better time like the present to START increasin' yer home deeveedee collection (it's fun too! somethin' ta wartch while Rome burns....) -- my lil' list is just a "spark plug" fer the motor.
Music is a fantastic gig--an' I state this as a former Dee-Jay (never a mockin' boid tho...) too!; as a big fan've many genres (an' a bit've a collector myself!), I harken ta the Lord Mayor's prescient plea:
"Our music is fading, young Fred," the Mayor began. "Pepperland is dying."
"But Lord Mayor, there must be something I can do?"
"There is," he whispered. "Climb aboard the submarine and get help. You're the only one of us left who can carry the tune..."
Keep on playin' AND carryin' them tunes, John!
(an' keep growin' that library 've 'em in hard copy! we'll need all the music we kin' save!)
Oh yes, I Remember Mama is a good'un! The Swedish fambly experience here. An' tho the Secret Garden is velly English--wull, it's a fav-o-rite. Like Heidi, it's about the power of friendship in healin' folks! The wonder of human beans in helpin' each other -- an' how class boundaries don't matter a whit when reachin' across heart-ta-heart / hand -ta-hand. My dear daughters an' I just wartched it again' this year--it was MAGICAL when the garden showed up in COLOR. Who needs special "eeee-fects"... livin' color wuz magic!
An' yup, documentaries are a great way to keep our hist'ry--the real an' the bunk but that's why we're all figger'in it out! Back ta the thrift store!
Thanks for the article. I realize it's too modern but I would add "Tucker: the Man and His Dream." It was made in the eighties but set in the forties. Also, while I realize you're talking here about U.S. movies, but I always recommend "The Ruling Class" starring Peter O'Toole as Jack Gurney, the 14th Earl of Gurney. Among the exchanges therein:
"His lordship is a paranoid schizophrenic."
"But he's a Gurney."
"Then he's a paranoid schizophrenic Gurney."
I assume you've seen "Zelig." It's priceless on a number of levels. The crazy lady Mia Farrow plays a psychologist. And there's a clip within it of the real life lunatic Bruno Bettelheim.
Thank you so much for the warning! We need to show these to our kids, get them while we still can! I don't know if they are going to ban the great tv westerns like Gunsmoke & Wanted Dead or Alive, I used to watch the re-runs, they were so good. I know that Gunsmoke had a few women writers, really good story lines. I would always watch the credits for the ones i really liked.
I grew up watchin' re-runs--an' yer right, them shows were SOoooo good! Gunsmoke too! I fondly recall that nice Miss Kitty, I do! I had no idea 'bout the lady writers on it but good on 'em! (an' hat tip to them producers fer hirin' some laydees as well!) Yup, I only spoke of movies here, but yer right! Old teeveee--that too was our his'try! I own less've it but it's INDEED worth ownin' too--the stories, the famblies...all've it! An' of course them common-sensical/comic-sense-i-cal Beverly Hillbillies is near an' dear ta my heart--I woudn't be Daisy Moses without 'em!
There's one gunsmoke that sticks in my mind, the one where a lady and her son lost their crop due to drought; they're starving, she falls ill, Doc diagnoses her with scurvy, and sets about to get her some fruit, but he has to send away for preserves, there's none to be had in the general store and it won't come in time to save her; so he goes to some ranches to try to buy some potatoes, but the asshole rancher who has some won't sell any even to save the lady's life - she dies - Kathleen Hite wrote it. She is on the credits for many gunsmoke stories - somewhere there's a pic of her with James Arness when he was young (so handsome.)
DAISY!! I could kiss ya!! What a tremendous article, and thank you SO VERY MUCH for the incredibly kind shout-out! You weren't kidding when you mentioned that my original article spurred you -- holy moly, woman. You took OFF and FLEW.
I'm so grateful for your exhortations to go out and purchase the old stuff. Although I've seen the creeping book banning and censorship, I've not really been considering the possibility of its extent and scope -- or thought about what I have the power to do. Leave it to you, darlin', to empower us all!
Your list of classics is GOLD. I'm bookmarking it... no, wait... I'm PRINTING IT OUT!! XOX
Wull hugs n' kisses back cuz it wuz my proud pleasure an' much deserved ta share yer piece 'best I could!
Lordy, we've all been SO caught up in tryin' ta beat the Schwabian-Covidian-Faustian-Faucheean-MuskyMusk outta the ol' rug that we LOSE thought of who we ARE, who we kin BE! We got arms (an' keyboards) swingin' with the rug-beater an' easily lose sight've the HOPES an' the DREAMS and the the KNOW HOW an' the GOOD OL' Gumption we need ta lick these buzzards! The joy we feel fer ol' Jimmy Stewart WINNIN' as the wet-behind them ears green cornball UNDERDOG against the MACHINE, wull you reminded us of it, of it's importance! An' I'm SO so glad ya did!
How timely it IS now to recall these real stories that wet the corners've our eyes and crack the corner's of our mouths in grins a mile long! Makes ya wanna jump INTA the screen an' give Jimmy Stewart hugs n' kisses, right? But as they say, THAT's the spirit! We need it, need ta see it!
Sure DeeCee is thornier now than it ever wuz, but who knows.... mebbe there IS a Mr Smith among us? (Thomas Massie has potential thar..) But keepin' that sharp picture in our minds eye--THAT is what it's all about!
So Miss Mary, git ta that thrift store, print out that list--gather round the campfire ('er the radiator?) an' start wartchin' ! With more grattytude an' xos what besides!
Couldn't agree more. Who we are, and who we can be, are both being crushed with fear mongering and a proliferation of dystopian stories. It's up to US to keep stories alive that remind us -- as you said, keepin' that sharp picture in our mind's eye -- of who we truly are and can be... divine, creative, resilient, POWERFUL beings.
ps I just added a few more CLASSICS! There were so many, too many to list but had ta throw in a couple more!
Time to fire up the printer again :-)
Yup, I thought 'bout Tucker but it did come later than the main list here. I put on a few Coppola's already (Godfather series, Apocalypse, an' One from the Heart but yup, Tucker is good 'un too!) I DID just stick to the US ones an' it was already so limited--it's amazin' how many tee-riffic films were made here 'fore it all went ta pot! Agreed, The Ruling Class is excellent--there are a LOT of fine flicks I'd add some with a great world view, others with a wry eye on current state of things... Alphaville would be nice....but my take is "git" our US his-story first! THEN there's time fer more...MUCH more! I LOVED Zelig--need ta revisit is I fer got 'bout that Bruno Bettelheim clip! (I just showed my girls some've lunatic Brother Theodore...)--an' I'm a big Woody fan too! Come ta think've it...SLEEPER may be timely--gotta laugh too, lordy we do! (Re Mia--wull, type castin' an' all...)
Powerful story! Reminds me 've Brundibar (which ends well due to the good people in the town gatherin' to help AFTER many rejections--unlike this 'un)....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brundib%C3%A1r
The message is clear about NOT turnin' yer back on good folks in need like the no-good rancher, a Scrooge unredeemed. Ha! re James Arness--yup, that was the rugged-handsome look fer sure! (My girls make fun'a me fer thinkin' like that 'bout Sean Connery--the only Bond fur as I'm concerned!)
yup, you said it! an' it's THESE stories we tell ta the kids an meeeebeeee one day our grandkids too (here's hopin', right!)
Well said, Daisy! I've held onto my boxes of DVDs for some intuitive reason that I haven't been able to articulate, but you've persuaded me that it was the right choice. The way things vanish into the memory hole these days is more than a bit concerning.
I do want to defend Marie Kondo a bit though. Her book on tidying came out well before the "Own nothing and be happy" campaign began, and it's actually focused on the idea that we SHOULD own things and take pleasure from them, but that we should do so CONSCIOUSLY, as opposed to buying whatever overpriced trash is foisted on us by the advertisers, and then suffering from the amount of material and psychic resources that it consumes. The fact is that there ARE a whole lot of people whose vital energy is consumed by the mountains of mass-produced trash that they surround themselves with, and there's a big difference between suggesting some well-needed Spring cleaning and advocating for totalitarian control of all property. Just my two cents!
Thanks! An' keep them DVDs!!!--watch 'em too!
As fer Madam Con-Dough (who surely cashed in!), we'll have ta agree ta disagree, but okay by me. Tho her book(s) came out before WE all heard 'bout ownin' nuttin'--it rode the wave'of a creepy miminalist movement that ushered in that very-same message--AND that smooth gray wave wuz put inta place long 'fore the year 2000. Also, the lingo 'bout "mindfulness"--if that ain't a NWO buzz word I don't know what is!
'Member, if ya own little ya don't need much space fer yer stuff either!
Notice Marie Kondo is always ALONE in the frame--never with others. Yup.
Of COURSE, it goes without sayin' that Ameri-cons (conned Ameri-CANS) need ta stop ownin' garbiage-plastic-bleepin' landfill-toxic-useless dollar store junk made in Chynnnna, but Marie's schtick was to own just TWO or THREE things you "love." TWO or THREE things? THAT goes way beyond cleanin' out yer closets and FAR FAR inta them globalist wet dreams of havin' just a couple things (no more) to spark-yer-joy (yuk)
BY THE WAY--Kondo would have us give away our BOOK Collections, our RECORD collections, our MOVIES TOO! If that ain't part of The Plan...don't know what is?! Have a drone bring you one perfect audio-book to give ya joy?! (mebbe it is just beamed onta yer phone--why bother READING?)
It's throwin' out the baby, the bathwarter, AND the tub! (Mebbe the entire bathroom--why not just gitta MOMA chamber pot--white, no detail, of course!
ALSO Laydee Marie near-always appears in a white or pale pristine, colorLESS antiseptic settin' of ZEN-DENIAL. She often wears white too! Sharp lines an' simple shapes are her "terry-tory" an' nuttni' that looks like COMFORT by any stretch'o the mind. (No deep couches, no fuzzy socks!)
Marie Kondo's "ideal" ain't crusty Fran Lebowitz with ONE pack've ciggies in her 'baccy-stained fingers, ONE manual typewriter, and... one key to her VOLUMINOUS library (ha! okay so I picked the wrong collector!). It's about clean, pure, devoid of anything but THAT.
Nope, lil' Marie (a sorta twisted non-nurturin' PURE holy mudder've gawd) IS the face of austerity all done up in pale shades of STONE an' pure minimalist nothingness. ZEN minimalism... love the VOID!
So yup, I'm all fer us not conflagratin' ourselfs like them poor Collier Brothers whose collections were legendary, BUT I stick ta my Roy Rogers guns 'bout this lady. Marie Kondo is indeed part've that NWO agenda (however she SEES HERSELF!)...
Heck, I hate ta defend Pineapple Princess (thinkin' of her recent Pffizer Act!) Martha Stewart--but her style of tasteful acquisition--no junk, just havin' REALLY nice things around ya, bee-u-tee-ful fabrics, pottery, etc--that make ya feel good (which IS an American Dream) is FAR more human than livin' like a MONK (...er NUN / NONE--cuz that's what ye git with her)!
Kondo is about callin' self-denial selective JOY an' that to me is propaganda! (bull-shart by another name...) I ain't buyin' it, no sireee...
ps There are a couple laydees with EXCELLENT eyes (imo) for ownin' JUST what ya love! Both 'r New Yawkers (natch...)--Suzanne Lipschutz of Second Hand Rose (whose Chelsea Apartments apartment rooms were the coolest spaces ever--joyful palettes and such a fun ecclectic mix'a GREAT stuff from all over the WHIRLED!) an' Amy Sedaris (https://www.curbed.com/article/amy-sedaris-home-tour.html) who has a far goofier, campier vision--but the way she enjoys her livin' space (with bunnies!) is all about gen-u-ine Joy 'n Fun! Couldn't be more polar opposites from Con-Dough... just puttin' it out there...
Of course New Yawk is filled with more AMAZIN' sets've blinkers fer this stuff but these are 2 whose tastes in decor-ate-in' I DO admire! (An' methinks all over the US of AYE! we got folks with good sets've eyes that reject even the somewhat less-austere Ikea only semi-cheerless set of cookie-cutter pre-fab designs they're tryin' to push on us--an' invent their own rich, textured spaces!)
If your point is that Marie's tidying methodology could be twisted to support Klaus & Co's ethos, even if she doesn't intend for it to do so, I'll grant you that. Indeed, that raises a larger point, which is that ALL KIND of well-intentioned ideas could be subsumed by the acolytes of bug-eating. That's a much larger discussion.
As you say, we can agree to disagree. I will leave you with this blog post from her though, in which she specifically says that she's not promoting what you think she's promoting.
https://konmari.com/konmari-is-not-minimalism
"The first step in my tidying method is to imagine your ideal lifestyle. For some, this vision might be to surround yourself with the bare essentials; for others, it could mean living in a home teeming with beloved art, books, collections and heirlooms."
"Joy is personal. Each individual’s ideal life – and space – will look different from the next. If minimalism is a lifestyle that sparks joy for someone, I encourage that; in the same way, if someone has determined that many items in their life spark joy, that’s okay, too!"
No way've knowin' fer sure if her "philosopy" was simply "twisted" to support Klaus & Co. ethos OR if it was formed within that mindset (which was leakin' inta schools, books, funding fer projects an' so much more!) I think it was "informed" by the whole "let's green the Earth" b/c scarcity an' all that... let's conserve on resources, yadayada. Ya know (I think) it's not just books she sells now--it's STUFF which I find is the ultimate irony...
The quote you shared is likely "walkback" cuz, y'know, some folks ACCUSED her of promotin' the ascetic life and callin' it joyful... rightly so, re the critics, I fer sure ain't the first 'er last 've 'em but mebbe I'm one of the few ta just bring in NWO an' not just "minimalism." But anyway, yup, she used ta say just keep 2-3 things you love, dump the rest (and now...buy stuff you "should" love from her--HA!--an' golly the stuff she sells is spendy too!). So.... she's been around for at least a couple decades--the quote is more recent... I see it not dissimilar to fElon Musk goin' OH yes, I was sayin' globalism is good but now I see that it could go TOO FAR, so let's not ERASE nay-shuns... Kinda similar...
So indeedy, we're gonna pole-litely agree ta disagree on this Laydee Entrepreneur 'of sorts--here' bouts I'm happy to see dif'rent onions 'bout just everythin'.... includin' those raisin' an eyebrow 'bout life livin' in a "condo" (vs yer own home...) or follerin' someone who kin "con-dough!"... vs them that DO like her way've "sparkin' " joy. (Let's just hope none've her stuff is flammable!) thanks fer commentin' !
HOWEVER, I personally think it works in lockstep with But totally agreed that in general, good intent-shuns kin be used conveniently by the Mister Globals
Totally agree! It’s been a practice of mine for quite a few years now, to obtain and store in one of my many trusty hardwood bookshelves, no less than “one high quality original hard copy of every single movie, TV series, documentary and music album” I have at some point or another—personally deemed worthy of being listed within the category of… “artistic master work!” Those ageless classics I feel hold significant historical value. “the Treasure of Sierra Madre” — “Taxi Driver” — “the Deer Hunter” — The Band’s “Music from Big Pink” — Dylan’s “The times they are a changin” — “2001 a Space Odyssey” — “Dr Strangelove” etc, etc… They’ve conned us into digital downloads from the cloud… but clouds can evaporate in an instant! Hard copy is the way to go!
Good on ya fer keepin' them shelves too--an' I'm a fan've ALL the "Master Works" ya listed. Ding it! I fergot 2001, just added it next ta Strangelove that one's important (Deer Hunter is close'un too...). There are JUST TOO MANY've 'em but my hope is ta at least git folks STARTIN' to OWN this stuff 'fore it vanishes (or they delete it remotely!) And yup, music too--hard copy fer all the music. Heck, I still got my "vinyl" (cuz it sounds way better n' cd-ease even if less con-veni-ant). Like the film list, that music list'd be loooong... An' don't git me started 'bout usin' real instru-mints, I cain't stand the drudge-it-tal stuff or "auto-tune" fer all the non-singers... I'll spare y'all the rant--but YES YES YES, gotta collect hard copies of ALL the music too!
Given your experience in theatre etc.. I’m pretty sure you’d have a far more extensive movie collection than I. I’m guessin I probably wouldn’t even have heard of 95% of it! Music’s been my gig for some 40 odd…(sometimes really odd!)—years. I had a drummer mate who wanted to use his electronic sample trigger-pad kit on some album demos I was doing ... I said.. “listen, I don't care how good you say they sound.... it's a "real kit" or nothing!” He never called me back...
aw thanx, I do value the hist'ry of all them celluloid wonders (vs "sell ya lloyd") but sounds like yer off ta a solid start yerself with some golden ones--Kubrick and Huston, mavericks fer SURE!
An' while the things 'r cheap, I'd still say there's no better time like the present to START increasin' yer home deeveedee collection (it's fun too! somethin' ta wartch while Rome burns....) -- my lil' list is just a "spark plug" fer the motor.
Music is a fantastic gig--an' I state this as a former Dee-Jay (never a mockin' boid tho...) too!; as a big fan've many genres (an' a bit've a collector myself!), I harken ta the Lord Mayor's prescient plea:
"Our music is fading, young Fred," the Mayor began. "Pepperland is dying."
"But Lord Mayor, there must be something I can do?"
"There is," he whispered. "Climb aboard the submarine and get help. You're the only one of us left who can carry the tune..."
Keep on playin' AND carryin' them tunes, John!
(an' keep growin' that library 've 'em in hard copy! we'll need all the music we kin' save!)