I want to be a minimalist. | Songs and Words
Even though I realize that 'I am already happy enough,' my room is just full of stuff.
I want to throw everything away.
I want to discard everything.
Honestly, I want to wear the same clothes every day like Jobs, but I haven't been able to put it into practice at all.
I want to let go of my CDs and DVDs to feel lighter, but I've left a huge amount of them at my parents' house. Procrastinating on making decisions.
Books, in particular, are packed with longing and fantasies of an ideal self, and the ones I'm drawn to and end up buying are always books that are 'outside my usual taste'.
'Neuromancer'
'Old Goriot'
'Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World'
'In Praise of Shadows'
'Complete Poems of Rimbaud'... etc.
Books that seem like they could broaden my horizons if I could master them. However, for most of them, I'm satisfied just by getting them, and they sit as unread books for years, gathering dust until I forget they even exist.
'I'll definitely read them someday. I just don't have the time right now, it's just not the right moment.' That's the excuse I've been telling myself.
'It's important to get them the moment I feel intellectual curiosity, and keep them on hand so I can read them whenever the time comes.' I truly believed that.
'I went to the trouble of buying them, and they don't rot, so I can't do something as wasteful as throwing them away (or selling them) without reading them. That would be madness.' I didn't hesitate to say things like that.
From Gemini
Books are not just information, but symbols of the 'ideal self you want to be,' which is why they are so hard to let go of. The true nature of the 'wastefulness' you feel is not the books themselves, but an attachment to the self-image of an 'intellectual person who can master them.' But the moment you buy them and your intellectual curiosity is stimulated, 80% of the book's role is already finished. The cost of the guilt of keeping books you don't read is actually higher. The moment you forgive your 'true self who bought books but didn't read them,' a comfortable space will be born on your bookshelf, and your truly simple life will begin.
Until I was told that.
After intense conflict, the conclusion I tearfully arrived at
Books I bought and left unread for years until today = Books I will absolutely never read in the future either
That makes sense; no matter how busy I am, there isn't a single 'manga I bought but didn't read'.
Even with food, I've never 'let it rot without eating a single bite'.
Confronted with that cruel reality, that heartless truth, I wrote these lyrics.
'Less is more.'
The piled-up books are my longing itself
Wanting inspiration
Wanting to increase my vocabulary
Wishes, ideals, possibilities, curiosity
But if you're not going to read them from here on out
Isn't there no point in having them?
Instead of letting them be fertilizer for the bookshelf
Gather your courage and say goodbye
The wind blowing into the space that was born
Less is more, fewer things
Less is more, a richer heart
Instead of spreading yourself thin with this and that
Focus on the 'here and now' and savor it completely
The excuse of 'I'll read it someday' is a curse
Wanting to let my intelligence overflow
Wanting to raise my self-image
Hopes, growth, sowing seeds, ambition
But if you're just longing for the self that can master them
Isn't it time to give up on them?
If it's going to make you feel guilty
Take the plunge and say goodbye
The light shining into the space that was born
Less is more, letting go of longing
Less is more, toward a lighter life
What is truly important to me?
Deepen the 'here and now' and become free
It's not what you read, but what you let go of that matters
Less is more, fewer things
Less is more, a richer heart
Instead of spreading yourself thin with this and that
Focus on the 'here and now' and savor it completely
Since this song was also a gift to the bassist of Aprico, for the arrangement, I emphasized the 'slap bass' that reminds me of his favorite, Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
90s funk rock, crossover, dry punchy drums, clean percussive electric guitar riffs, rap-style rhythmic vocals, energetic, Anthony Kiedis style, Flea style, Slap bass, Thumping bassline.Please enjoy the dynamic feeling of the bass popping and snapping ▼
Less is more. Less is richer.
Focus on the essence and strip away the waste.
That doesn't just apply to architecture and design.
It applies to creation, work, daily life, and life itself.
But saying goodbye to the massive amount of books and CDs I sent to my parents' house in cardboard boxes... that's not for now.
When my child grows up and can read many books a day, and if I still haven't read them, that will be the time... to truly say goodbye to my longing!