Comments on: In Praise of Simplicity http://www.frozentoothpaste.com/2007/06/22/in-praise-of-simplicity/ A Blog of Ideas Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:42:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: eric http://www.frozentoothpaste.com/2007/06/22/in-praise-of-simplicity/comment-page-1/#comment-22 eric Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:06:28 +0000 http://www.frozentoothpaste.com/2007/06/22/in-praise-of-simplicity/#comment-22 i'm thinking about a farm and that the whole existence of the family that lives on the farm depends on their ability to get things to the things they're growing and to get the things their growing to places to either eat it or sell it. there's so much being cycled back and forth -- manure used for fertilizer which grows plants that feed the animals that make the manure. i think the wheelbarrow is less a matter of absolute dependence. there are so many tools used, and others far more complex. with the wheel barrow, i think it could go a couple of ways. one, the rain could mean that something that is so vital is being negelected -- ie. could rust from the bottom. but the "glazed" would point to the fact that is merely a beautiful scene to describe the symbolism of appreciated things that are meaningful. i’m thinking about a farm and that the whole existence of the family that lives on the farm depends on their ability to get things to the things they’re growing and to get the things their growing to places to either eat it or sell it.

there’s so much being cycled back and forth — manure used for fertilizer which grows plants that feed the animals that make the manure. i think the wheelbarrow is less a matter of absolute dependence. there are so many tools used, and others far more complex.

with the wheel barrow, i think it could go a couple of ways. one, the rain could mean that something that is so vital is being negelected — ie. could rust from the bottom. but the “glazed” would point to the fact that is merely a beautiful scene to describe the symbolism of appreciated things that are meaningful.

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