subtitled 'Creative living in a consumer society'
I have just started reading this slim (100p) book, but can't wait to quote this eloquent first paragraph of the Introduction.
"This is a book about simplicity -- not destitution, not parsimoniousness, not self-denial -- but the restoration of wealth in the midst of an affluence in which we are starving of the spirit. It is a book about the advantages of living a less cluttered, stressful life than that which many of us now live, in the overcrowded and manic-paced consuming nations. It is a book that rejects the sense of continual deprivation, the idea that there are always new necessities. It is a book that has nothing to do with subsistence living on the Lake Isle of Innisfree, but everything to do with having less and enjoying more: enjoying time to do the work you love, enjoying time to spend with your family, enjoying time to pursue creative projects, enjoying time for good eating, enjoying time just to be."
I'll return after reading and digesting the detail of this book.
