Minimalism for the sake of reality

Minimalism for the sake of reality

We live in a world that fetishises the image, status and prestige over reality. We’ve created a second world, the ‘spectacle’ as Guy Debord called it. A world we feed with our praise of the image. And unconsciously, we are compelled to live up to its ideals. As a consequence, we’ve not only kept this world an idea, but we’ve started to live in it. We start to associate people and interact with them through a collection of these images. We discover this through introspection. Think of someone you know, what comes to mind about them? Their job, appearance, and maybe subconsciously their status? Is this truly what the person is? ...

December 28, 2025 · Dani de Wolf