Pinning Inspiration #22

Last week's Pinning Inspiration was about details. This week I'm looking at the opposite end of the scale: simplicity.




To me, simplicity does not mean 'complete lack of detail'. Simplicity is about finding the naturally occuring details, lines and imperfection (though 'perfection' is a matter of taste).

 

Simplicity is taking a 'less is more' approach: a few twigs in a lopsided vase or single wildflowers in old glass bottles.

 

It is when the eye is drawn to that which occurs naturally: the drape of unembellished fabric, or the graceful bend of a black-painted handrail in a white stairwell.

 

Simplicity can be found in new and old alike, whether it is in the slowly-formed chips, scratches and patina on a set of bowls or the steady flow of smoke rising from a joss stick.

 

It can be about natural colours, smooth flowing lines...

 

Or gently-mottled pottery and unironed sheets.

 

Simplicity is calm, inviting and uncomplicated.      What does simplicity mean to you?