You can either buy clothes or buy keyboards, it's that simple. No one who is not very rich can do both. Pay no attention to your clothes and no attention at all to the mode, and buy your clothes for comfort and durability, and you will have the clothes money to buy keyboards.
1. The rest of that contradicts the opening sentence.
2. If you pay no attention to your clothes, isn't it possible you'll walk around naked?
3. By "the mode", do you mean "fashions"? Or do you mean a scoop of ice cream?
4. How can you "have the clothes money to buy keyboards"? If you buy keebs with it, it's keeb money.
5. Do you think most of life's problems can be solved by making numbered lists of stuff?
6. Natalie Portman.
The quote I stole from Hemingway's "A Moveable Feast" but with a bit of poetic license I replaced 'paintings' with 'keyboards'. In this memoir, Hemingway is quoting Gertrude Stein. I feel this philosophy can be applied universally. Art is expensive, keyboards can be as well if that is a passion. It is not a stretch to say that a custom keyboard or artisan can be considered art as well.
1. The rest of that contradicts the opening sentence.
“You can either buy clothes or buy art, it's that simple. No one who is not very rich can do both.”
The opening sentence can seem contradictory if taken literally but I think once you pull the layers away it starts to make sense.
In practical terms, one generally has limited resources such as money. Once our basic needs are met, I believe it is better to allocate those additional resources into endeavors which have the most meaning or value to us, rather than spreading one’s resources or energy too thin.
Art certainly can be expensive. Clothes as well, especially for those trendy individuals that spend exorbitant sums on all of the seasonal trends and designer brands.
It is generally impractical and wasteful to have the best of everything we might be interested in and so we should prioritize what we choose to do which likely means making sacrifices, otherwise you end up with a bunch of clothes that you likely don’t wear and a crappy or mediocre art collection at best.
You have clothes like everyone else and you can have pictures on the wall but very few can buy both fancy fur coats and Picasso’s, at least not on a regular basis if that’s your thing.
2. If you pay no attention to your clothes, isn't it possible you'll walk around naked?
Guess what I am wearing, or not wearing
Although possible, it is not practical. The idea is that if you disregard concern for fancy fabrics or in vogue styles and focus solely on comfortable and durable clothes you will be better ahead in saving money which can be used to some greater purpose. Anything beyond comfort and durability has diminishing returns and is therefore a waste. Basically the I do not give a damn mentality because we do not care about brands, styles, or even color coordination.
3. By "the mode", do you mean "fashions"? Or do you mean a scoop of ice cream?
Mode refers to a fashion style, or generally a particular type or form of something. Mmm, apple pie a la mode.
4. How can you "have the clothes money to buy keyboards"? If you buy keebs with it, it's keeb money.
So if you spend money on expensive clothes or on fine dining, especially on a regular basis then you are wasting money in a sense as spending any extra money beyond the most basic of necessities is like throwing money down the well. If you already have these things you don’t get any more keeb money, you just don’t lose any additional from your keeb stash you might have set aside.
5. Do you think most of life's problems can be solved by making numbered lists of stuff?
No. Although useful, a list is simply a tool and not an end all solution to all of life's problems. I could also see this as a detriment if taken to an extreme due to the added complexity of having to maintain lists of lists of lists, and so on.
6. Natalie Portman.
Yes please.
