Our last lecture was in week 12, as this was the last day of term the lecture was quite short, but never the less we had a good discussion. The main discussion was about John Naughton and his 10 laws of Simplicity. During this lecture Paul made a statement that I’ve been saying for years but people held against me, and that is “Less Is More” thank you, less is more. The ten laws of simplicity are below.
- Reduce
- Organize
- Time
- Learn/Collaborate/Play
- Differences
- Context; to make things simple
- Emotion; best work is autobiographical
- Trust
- Failure
- The One; you will always know the right one.
Two of the main questions I took from this discussion were the question, how simple can you make it, and how complex does it have to be. I think this is really important, whether you are creating a piece of exhibition art, creating music or doing still image work. I think people myself included have a tendency to over complicate things, and I think it comes from an insecurity, the fact that there piece is so complicated and confusing, makes the artist feel secure, or maybe gives them something to hide behind. But in truth the best pieces are simple, truthful and from the heart.
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