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		<title>Simplify simplification</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, I was skimming through thousands of pictures looking for eyes, preferably eyes of a strong tree out of a dream come true, but that&#8217;s another story. In my breaks, I did some day-to-day work like hopping over, actually scurrying over, to Dave Pollard (who we had already referred to) reading his [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few days ago, I was skimming through thousands of pictures looking for <a href="http://flickr.com/search/?s=int&amp;l=cc&amp;w=all&amp;q=eyes+-animals+-animal+-toad+-children+-child+-boy+-dog+-cat+-bird+-birds+-pet+-dogs+-eagle+-zoo+-baby+-mouse&amp;m=tags" title="Search Flickr for mostly human eyes" target="_blank">eyes</a>, preferably eyes of a strong tree out of a dream come true, but that&#8217;s another story. <a href="http://siona.zaadz.com/" title="Siona von Dijk" target="_blank"><img src="/pix/sionas_avatar_inverted.png" title="Siona von Dijk" alt="Siona von Dijk" align="right" height="113" width="145" /></a> In my breaks, I did some day-to-day work like hopping over, actually scurrying over, to <a href="http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/" title="Dave Pollard on " target="_blank">Dave Pollard</a> (<a href="/?s=dave+pollard" title="Search this blog for Dave Pollard" target="_blank">who we had already referred to</a>) reading his daily blog on <a href="http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2006/07/25.html#a1598" title="Dave Pollard about the needs of intuition (and about his blog)" target="_blank">why we have not yet saved the world</a>. So much for the history. Recently, Dave was <a href="http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2007/05/11.html" title="Dave Pollard on advices in 7 words or less" target="_blank">asking for advice in seven words or less</a>. His list, whether I like it or not, made me add our blogs starting credo <em><a href="/4/stop-making-sense" title="ratTus rattUs showing it well" target="_self">Stop making sense</a></em> to the <a href="http://rcs.salon.com/rcsComments/comments?u=2007&amp;p=1861&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.salon.com%2F0002007%2F2007%2F05%2F11.html%23a1861" title="Comments and further advice in responsse to Dave Pollard" target="_blank">list of comments and further advice</a>. But only when I checked back I found the one advice (to love, to remember, to be and trust)</p>
<blockquote><p>Breathe!</p></blockquote>
<p>Added by <a href="http://siona.zaadz.com/" title="Siona von Dijk" target="_blank">Siona van Dijk</a>. Or in my mother&#8217;s words: <em>Schnaufn nid vagessn</em> (Austrian dialect for &#8220;Don&#8217;t forget to breathe&#8221;). Thus, in a daring attempt to get the feel of an eyes&#8217; glimpse of the air she is breathing, I scurried over to <a href="http://siona.zaadz.com/profile" title="Profile of Siona van Dijk" target="_blank">Siona&#8217;s profile</a> where she writes</p>
<blockquote><p>I trust uncertainty, don&#8217;t care for irony, and believe that paradox is a profound measure of truth.<br />
&#8212; <a href="http://siona.zaadz.com/profile" title="Siona von Dijk, quote as of 2007-05-18" target="_blank">Siona van Dijk</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Paradoxes only! Can you <em>see</em> the <em>tree</em>? On the path <a href="/34/trust-not-truth" title="Heinz von Foersters riddle of trust versus truth" target="_self">from trust to truth and back</a>, the very grounds for liars to let trees flourish (trees with <a href="/233/all-is-truth" title="All is truth says Walt Whitman" target="_self">leaves</a> of <a href="/246/lies-elements" title="Words are the elements of lies we trust" target="_self">words</a>) what more could we ask for? &#8212; <a href="/15/cooking-coffee" title="ratTus rattUs on how cook good coffee" target="_self">Coffee!</a> Of course, yes, but that&#8217;s again another story (though the same as above). &#8212; Simplification? &#8212; This is going to be complicated.</p>
<p>However, in the list of <a href="http://siona.zaadz.com/bookmarks" title="Bookmarks collected by Siona van Dijk" target="_blank">Siona&#8217;s bookmarks</a> I found a link leading us to a list of <a href="http://ririanproject.com/2007/04/05/ten-commandments-for-a-simpler-way-of-life/" title="10 rules of how to make life simpler" target="_blank">Ten Commandments for a Simpler Way of Life</a> (maybe we should make <a href="/85/check-your-list-of-lists" title="ratTus rattUs about lists of lists, and 1 by Juliet Ernst" target="_self">a list of lists</a>, Juliet, please) where one can find (further) advices such as</p>
<blockquote><p>II. You shall laugh on a daily basis.<br />
VII. You shall turn off your technology.<br />
VIII. You shall be spontaneous.<br />
X. You shall learn what is &#8216;enough&#8217;.<br />
&#8212; <a href="http://ririanproject.com/" title="Ririan of Ririan Project" target="_blank">Ririan</a>, 2007-04-05</p></blockquote>
<p>An interesting list of commandments as only <a href="/cat/club-of-liars/no-liars" title="Link to this blogs category _no liars_" target="_self">no liars</a> could ever compile. A liar, though, cannot resist to add: For to lead a simple life You shall simplify simplification!</p>
<p>Sure, we &#8220;believe that all this could very well be wrong&#8221; (<a href="http://siona.zaadz.com/profile" title="Siona von Dijk, quote as of 2007-05-18" target="_blank">Siona van Dijk</a>).</p>
<p>Having found the eyes, I&#8217;ll now go and look for <a href="http://flickr.com/search/?s=int&amp;l=cc&amp;w=all&amp;q=roots&amp;m=tags" title="Search Flickr for roots" target="_blank">roots</a>.</p>
<p>But before I <a href="/74/gonna-move" title="Lyrics of Gonna move by Paul Pena" target="_self">gonna move</a> on, one more advice from yours truly rattus rattus: Answer for yourself what <a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=advice" title="Etymology of _advice_" target="_blank">advice</a> means to you.</p>
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