the "ZEN" crap

the idea of zen has taken a whole lot of my long weekends till this very moment as i type....is it as subjective thou?

text below are extracted from some site somehwere....

"Simplicity means the achievement of maximum effect with minimum means."

"The designer must adhere to the concept of miegakure since Japanese believe that in expressing the whole the interest of the viewer is lost."

Talented jazz musicians, for example, know never to overplay but instead to be forever mindful of the other musicians and find their own space within the music and within the moment they are sharing. Graphic designers show restraint by including only what is necessary to communicate the particular message for the particular audience. Restraint is hard. Complication and elaboration are easy...and are common

The Zen aesthetic values include (but are not limited to):

Simplicity

Subtlety

Elegance

Suggestive rather than the descriptive or obvious

Naturalness (i.e., nothing artificial or forced),

Empty space (or negative space)

Stillness, Tranquility

Eliminating the non-essential