The soul doesn’t respond to complexity. It responds to clarity.

In a world that worships sophistication and celebrates convoluted genius, let’s tell the truth: simplicity is spiritual.

We tend to equate complexity with depth.

We think if our ideas aren’t wrapped in a thousand layers of jargon, they’re not worthy.

But the most profound art…the work that pierces the soul…often says the most with the least.

Einstein said, “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”

A single line of poetry can leave you breathless.
A minimalist painting can say more than a crowded canvas.
A clear truth can echo louder than a library of theories.

Miles Davis knew this too: “It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.”

We forget that clarity is courage. Because it’s easier to hide behind complexity. It’s safer to drown our voice in cleverness, to blur the message so no one can judge it. When you choose clarity, you choose exposure. You choose to say:

“This is what I mean.”
“This is what I feel.”
“This is what I believe.”

You don’t have to try to be deep. You don’t have to try to be impressive. You just have to be unmistakably true.

The next time you feel tempted to complicate your work, stop.

Ask yourself: Am I trying to be profound? Or am I trying to be clear?

Because clarity is what the soul recognises.
Clarity is what cuts through the noise.
Clarity is where transformation lives.

Simplicity isn’t the absence of depth. It’s the distillation of it.

Let your next creation be an act of radical clarity. Strip it down until it glows. Let it be simple enough that it feels almost uncomfortable in its honesty.

That’s when you’ll know you’ve made something real.

 

Acknowledgements to Dwayne Walker’s thoughts on clarity.

 

Enjoy whatever you are doing today.

Best wishes

Pauline

 

 

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