Who worries about being minimalist?
An entire industry arose
to organize stuff;
to build stuff
to hold
stuff,
to help us
get rid of stuff
so we have the space
to fill with newly purchased stuff
But what are we trying to fill?
What went haywire in our hunter-gatherer brains?
Where is your empty space?
This is for the promp 55+ at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, where we are asked to write 55 words, plus use some aspect of “space.” Click on the link and check it out.
In Other Words 
You make a very good point here, Mary. I have a new perspective on what it means to be a hunter-gather in the modern world.
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So very true… especially in New York City. But I guess that’s true of most large cities–people get rid of stuff in order to get more stuff. Such a strange circle, this living of ours.
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This so much bring back the commercial I saw when living in the US from Rubbermaid… made me more of a minimalist actually.
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Omg, that’s exactly what I’m talking about. There is a huge chain called The Container Store, that sells nothing but things to put one’s stuff in, or organize one’s stuff. It’s so crazy. The other sort of crazy business is storage shed rentals. There are huge lots of land full of little metal garage-like buildings that people can rent to store their stuff that doesn’t fit in their home!
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An interesting take on the space prompt with a great shape/use of space!
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Your poem is incredibly provocative … insisting I answer. Love it!!
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This is a great commentary. Thanks for sharing!
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not only is this a provocative and imaginative post but love also the way you created space around the words
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So so right. Have you read Marie Kondo–she is a little extreme–and I just don’t think I could to it–but this endless consumption is awful. Well stated here. k.
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I haven’t, K. I will though – because, despite all this, I really don’t think you can’t have too many books! 😉
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This is very cool. I was going to mention Kondo as well.
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We seek space more than we want to think about. Mrs. Jim, for a birthday years ago, rented me a storage room to keep my things giving me space at home to organize and clean out. It ended with larger and larger storage rentals, even for keeping a car, for the last years, until we moved (then a bigger house, sold a car, and not much “newly purchased stuff”).
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I went through almostthe same thing when my parents died and I suddenly had all their posessions to deal with. And plenty of my own stuff too.
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What is my empty space, indeed. I have learned not to clutter up things (well, my bookcases ARE packed…) but yes, POINT taken. Well done.
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Books don’t count! You can never have too many books, lol.
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Yard sales and flea markets… clear it out and fill it up. You are so right!
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A pertinent question indeed!
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Stuff keeps building up but one is so sentimental about things that those needed to be disposed of are still around. Very true Other Mary! And to think rental companies are making a business out of it!
Hank
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consider me your choir ~
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:o)
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Beautiful thoughts. 🙂
Greetings from London.
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Thank you CinL!
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