Have some taste!
With the long holiday approaching the country, here I am stuck in down time and slightly hating it. However, for the past couple of days, I've been working on migrating my system and my entire setup that I used to know. I have a minimalist approach to my life and my digital system yet somehow, during the projects I did from last year, my files were already all-over-the place and I kept multiple copies of broken documents and trash. So, I've been using the days to clean up my system a bit and reset the way I approach my digital file and system. During these entire events, I realized why I should go back to the monochromatic palette, the color associated with minimalism. That is also because now, I am also responsible for many designs within the company.
Recently, I found out why I love monochromatic palettes. I find that loving monochromatic color is more pleasing to my eye and reduces visual clutter. It doesn't give me as much of a headache whenever I see brighter colors as well as colorful objects. While to some the schematic of monochrome can look dull, to me it isn't.
I think we forget that monochromatic can have different ranges of color except, it consists of one color in different shades and hues. So, there's still colors but it just has different hues to each object.
When it comes to fashion, I used to be someone who plays with a lot of colors. I realized that having too many colors can actually be confusing not only to my eyes but also others around me. While I recognize that sometimes mix-matching can work, I am simply someone who values otherwise. The taste I have can be a bit too “rigid” yet it simply works.
There were moments in my life when I stopped cultivating my taste because I wanted to fit in. I guess, knowing that there are people out there who are fine with liking just a couple of colors and labelled boring too, that makes me more confident about it.
There were times when as a minimalist, I argued that it's okay to have colors. Honestly, I realized maybe I shouldn't say that 🤣 like just stick to a damn simple color pallete. I do wear pattern and floral colored dresses but only during the holiday season. Otherwise, I'd prefer simpler colors.
For a long time, I also fit my aesthetic to others while I actually had mine. Everyone around me has something called “aesthetic” and I found mine that basically circles around efficiency. And there it goes, efficiency is my taste and also why I was simply drawn to this lifestyle, the minimalism.
That also extends to everything around me where now, I honestly prefer less color and visual clutters. This is the re-brand, ( still along the same theme I’ve been talking about these days).
 | 𝘊𝘦𝘮𝘺 (𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘤) 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍 & 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳, 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩. 𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘱𝘰𝘱 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺; 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘣 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴. |
It's actually good to have down-times. I am now making sure that I try to focus on clearing up bills and such now that the chaos died down, before the next chaotic events start in about 12 days or so.
Actually, colours makes my senses dull, because monochrome to me amplifies details. Everything is a lot clearer (and exposed) in monochromatic images (good or bad)
Same here! Whenever I have a down time I'd try to use it to actually clear up some of my dues and responsibilities. How have you been? Do you have a long holiday?
Yeah, that's the only window for us. To clear our dues.
Oh my life has been "very eventful" I just managed to share a few post earlier.
Otherwise, the no-aircon super hot weather has finally caught up with me. 🤧
We Chinese say it is "hot flu" (getting flu during hot weather) and I just got knocked out this weekend with proper 2 hour naps during afternoons
I'm late here, but totally with you on monochromes... it doesn't just look elegant, but it's an easy, or should I say "safe", way to coordinate an outfit.
Also, I tend to have 3 more dominant colours in my wardrobe, so it kind of happens naturally. :)))
hehe exactly! While being colorful is not wrong but at times, it can look a bit tacky.