305 | Beauty Is Essential
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2021
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Joshua and Ryan talk about removing the excess to expose the everyday beauty that’s all around us with author, podcaster, and pastor Erwin Raphael McManus, and they answer the following questions:
What exactly is “beauty”? (00:00)
Can beauty help us find peace? (05:01)
How do we discover and incorporate singular beautiful accents and items throughout our homes while maintaining a simple, minimalist style? (11:55)
What is the value of negative space? (14:21)
How do we find the beauty inside ourselves, and then be content with it? (18:42)
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Minimists is brought to you by... |
| 0:03.1 | Nobody. |
| 0:04.0 | Because advertisements suck. |
| 0:05.6 | Don Minimists. |
| 0:36.6 | Hello Minimizers! Welcome to The Minimists Podcast, where we discuss what it means to live a meaningful life with less. |
| 0:43.6 | My name is Joshua Phil Timilburn. |
| 0:45.1 | And I'm Ryan Nicodemis, and together we are the Minimists. |
| 0:48.1 | Sometimes people mistake minimalism for asceticism or utilitarianism. |
| 0:54.1 | A simple living isn't about austerity or deprivation. |
| 0:58.6 | As Minimists, we've discovered that beauty is essential. |
| 1:04.1 | And it's an essential part of life. |
| 1:07.1 | And when we remove all the excess, we actually expose the everyday beauty around us. |
| 1:14.1 | And that's why Irwin Raphael, MacMannis, is back on the podcast, our returning champion. |
| 1:19.1 | Yes. |
| 1:20.1 | Irwin, thanks for being here. |
| 1:21.1 | It's good to be back. |
| 1:22.1 | You know, on this minimal, we're going to talk about beauty, the genius of beauty, the beauty of genius as well. |
| 1:30.1 | And then on the maximal, I thought we would talk about, well, you've got a new book, you've got a new podcast series as well called The Genius of. |
| 1:37.1 | And we're going to be talking about all of that as well. I want to dive deep into that. |
| 1:41.1 | But first, I thought we would start with a question that we have here from Tammy on Facebook. |
| 1:46.1 | What exactly is beauty? |
| 1:49.1 | When decorating a shared space, how do we agree on something that's objectively beautiful? |
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