Culture For The Non-Cultured

There’s a grass-roots movement now to do just that, begun by Dave Bruno.  It’s sort of a backlash against American consumerism.  Bruno documents such questions as if a pair of shoes constitutes 1 item or 2 on his blog and how many jeans is absolutely necessary at www.guynameddave.com

I don’t know how I feel about that: it’s rather drastic, isn’t it?  I mean, simplifying your life by that much takes a lot of effort in itself — a lot of thought about what is important and what isn’t.  Like trimming a bonsai tree, keeping your items under 100 needs a constant attention — a constant weighing of one’s possessions. 

Might be better to go for a sort of moderate materialism, know?

From Time Magazine via the really thoughtful blog, kottke.org