{"id":525,"date":"2016-10-13T19:29:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T17:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danieliusg.lt\/?p=525"},"modified":"2021-07-21T21:14:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T18:14:48","slug":"minimalizmas-paprastumas-esmingumas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/en\/2016\/minimalism-simplicity-simplicity\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimalism, Simplicity, Essentiality\u2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">Goal of the day: <a style=\"border: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/en\/issukis-365\/\">118 words<\/a>. Written: <b>244<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.15em;\">Minimalism. The essence of this movement is to help people who are overwhelmed by the weight of things, chores, wants, desires and the fast-paced modern world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And he fights for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Simplicity (rejecting chaos);<\/li>\n<li>Exclusivity (rejecting mediocre experiences);<\/li>\n<li>Essentiality (giving up what is not needed);<\/li>\n<li>Meaningfulness (rejecting what wastes time).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Minimalism is against:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Noise (which is deafening);<\/li>\n<li>Worthless abundance (which is dull);<\/li>\n<li>Distraction (which kills).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The objects of minimalism are our objects, our goals, our work, our acquaintances, our words... And everything that goes with it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question:\u00a0<\/strong>What should be the Lithuanian name for Minimalism? And should it be Lithuanian?<\/p>\n<h2>First: Should there be a Lithuanian alternative?<\/h2>\n<p>Pros:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Lithuanian word is easier to understand;<\/li>\n<li>A word adapted to Lithuanian culture sounds better to Lithuanians;<\/li>\n<li>\"Minimalism\" is defined for the current LCA only as a branch of art, not as a way of life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Arguments against:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Lithuanian equivalent may sound different from the English word, so it may be difficult to find the information online;<\/li>\n<li>A Lithuanian word can be too unmemorable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Second: Possible names for Minimalism.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>A) Minimalism.<\/strong> It is a simplified version of Minimalism. Easy to find on the internet, already linked to the art style in dictionaries.<br \/>\n<strong>B) Minimalism.<\/strong> The same word, but without the z in international words.<br \/>\n<strong>C) Simplicity.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/en\/paprastumas\/\">The alternative I have offered so far.<\/a> Content under this name has already been launched but is not yet known to the wider public. Potentially unmemorable.<br \/>\n<strong>D) Ease.<\/strong> A second alternative, possibly defining the principles more precisely than Simplicity.<br \/>\n<strong>E) Freedom.<\/strong> It sounds good too, but I don't know if it captures the idea.<br \/>\n<strong>F) Less.<\/strong>\u00a0It does not correspond to the principle that there are fewer bad things in minimalism, but only more good things.<br \/>\n<strong>G) Abundance.<\/strong> Correspondingly, the reverse of proposal F.<br \/>\n<strong>H) .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Which would be the best name? What to choose?<\/p>\n<p>What is your opinion?<\/p>\n<p>How to call <a href=\"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/en\/paprastumas\/\">The philosophy of Minimalism\/Simplicity?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Discussant,<br \/>\n<strong>Daniel<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">Goal of the day: <a style=\"border: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/en\/issukis-365\/\">118 words<\/a>. Written: <b>244<\/b>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2,54],"class_list":{"0":"post-525","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pamastymai","8":"tag-365-tekstai","9":"tag-minimalizmas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}