Livin? in t?? ??stlin? w??l? c?n ?? c??ll?n?in?, ??t it’s ??s? t? ??c?m? ?isc?nn?ct?? ???m t?? sim?l? ??t ??????n? ????t? ?? n?t???. On? ?? n?t???’s m?st c??tiv?tin? w?n???s is t?? ?l?w??. B???n? t??i? vis??l ?????l, ?l?w??s ??ss?ss ? ?ni??? ??w?? t? ins?i?? ? s?ns? ?? s???nit? ?n? inn?? ???c? in ??? s??ls. In ??ct, st??i?s s????st t??t ?n ?nc??nt?? wit? ?l?w??s c?n ?v?n l?w?? ??? st??ss l?v?ls ?n? inc???s? ??sitiv? ?m?ti?ns in ??m??k??l? w??s. T????????, it’s ?ss?nti?l t? inc??????t? t?? ????t? ?? ?l?w??s int? ??? ??il? liv?s ?s ? s???c? ?? inn?? st??n?t? ?n? ??n?w?l.
T???? ??s ???n ?n int?ll?ct??l ???t ?? ??m?n ?ist??? ??? c?nt?nts ??l?t?? t? c?lt???, c?l????t?? in ??t, lit???t???, ??c?it?ct???, ?n? c?lt???. F??m t?? l?tt??s ?l??min? in ?n ?nci?nt E???ti?n ??t t? simil?? ??s?s in S??k?s??????n s?nn?ts, ?l?w??s ??v? c?nsist?ntl? ??l? ? s??ci?l ?l?c? in ??m?n ????ts. W??t ????t t??s? ??lic?t? ??t?ls m?k?s t??m s? ?nc??ntin?, ?n? ??w ?? t??? im??ct ??? s??ls?
T?? ???????nc? ?n? ????t? ?? ??? s?????n?in?s t??t ?ll?w ?s t? ?????ci?t? t?? w?n??? ?? ??? s??ls is t?????? t?? ???s?nc? ?? n?t???. T?? si??t ?? ?l??min? ?l?w??s c?n ?v?k? ? s?ns? ?? w?n??? ?n? ?????ci?ti?n ??? t?? w??l?’s n?t???l s?l?n???. T?? vi???nt c?l??s, int?ic?t? ??tt??ns, ?n? ??lic?t? ??????nc? ?? ?l?w??s c?n ins?i?? c???tivit?, ??st?? t??n??ilit?, ?n? ??in? ? s?ns? ?? ???c???ln?ss t? ??? ??il? liv?s. T?? vi???nc? ?? c?l??s, int?ic?t? ??tt??ns, ?n? s??tl? ??????nc? ?? ?l?w??s c?n instill ? s?ns? ?? s???nit?, ?v?n in t?? m?st c???tic m?m?nts ?? ??? ?xist?nc?.
Em?ti?n?l c?nn?cti?n inv?lv?s ? s??ml?ss ??ilit? t? c?nv??t ?m?ti?ns ?n? s?ntim?nts t?w???s ??n??? ??l?ti?ns?i?s. Givin? ?l?w??s c?n ?? ? ??m??k??l? w?? t? ?x???ss ?m?ti?n?l c?nn?cti?ns ???in? m?m?nts ?? c?l????ti?n, m???nin?, ?? ????cti?n. G?i?in? ?l?w??s ???in? tіm?s ?? c?l????ti?n, m???nin?, ?? ????cti?n is ? ?ni??? ???ctic?. T?? ?ct ?? ?ivin? ?? ??c?ivin? ?l?w??s c?n c???t? ? ??????n? ?m?ti?n?l c?nn?cti?n, n??t??in? ??l?ti?ns?i?s ?n? ???lin? w??n?s. T?? ???ctic? ?? ?l?w?? t??????, ?? “?l?w?? ?ss?nc?,” is ?s?? ??listic?ll? t? ?????ss st??ss??s ?n? ?nxi?ti?s. T?? ???s?nc? ?? ?l?w??s c?n ??v? ? c?lmin? ????ct, ????cin? st??ss ?n? ?nxi?t? in in?ivi???ls. T?? ???ctic? ?? ?l?w?? t?????? inv?lv?s t?? ?s? ?? ??listic ???l??s w?? ?????ss st??ss??s ?n? ?nxi?ti?s t?????? t?? ?s? ?? ?l?w?? ?ss?nc?s.
Sm?llism is ? ??li?? t??t ?m???siz?s t?? im???t?nc? ?? sm?ll t?in?s in li??. T?? ??il?s???? v?l??s sim?licit? ?n? minim?lism ?n? c?n ?? ???n? in E?st??n c?lt???s, w?il? t?? c?nc??t ?? minim?lism is ???v?l?nt in t?? W?st. Sm?llism m??ns ????cin? ??ss?ssi?ns, ??c?sin? ?n ?ss?nti?ls, ?n? ???cticin? min???ln?ss. It ?ls? ?m???siz?s t?? si?ni?ic?nc? ?? ?????s???l c?nn?cti?ns ??tw??n ????l? t? ?n??nc? ??? liv?s. B? inc??????tin? sm?llism int? ??? ??il? ???tin?s, w? c?n ?????ci?t? t?? v?l???l? m?m?nts in li?? ?n? c???t? ? m??nin???l ?xist?nc?. T?kin? ? m?m?nt t? ?????ci?t? t?? ????t? ?? n?t??? ?? ?nj??in? ? ??i?t m?m?nt wit? ? l?v?? ?n? c?n ?? ? sm?ll ??t im??ct??l w?? t? ???ctic? sm?llism. Ov???ll, sm?llism ???m?t?s livin? ? sim?l? ?n? min???l li??, ?????ci?tin? t?? sm?ll t?in?s ?n? c???tin? ???? c?nn?cti?ns wit? ???s?lv?s ?n? ?t???s.
