Very simple principles, gradually incorporated into a home, produce dramatic shifts in a family’s emotional climate, in their connection to one another. In this work, I often think about a stream, dammed by a pile of rocks that has accumulated gradually … so gradually that the rocks have gone unnoticed, but the imbalance is felt. By reducing mental and physical clutter, simplification increases a family’s ability to flow together, to focus and deepen their attention, to realign their lives with their dreams.
