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<n>Spring Day Practice</n>, a 2020 digital illustration by artist <n>Paco_Yao</n>.

Musician <n>Leonard Cohen</n> with a <n>Casio PT-30</n> synthesizer.

<n>Elvi Maarni</n>'s painting <n>Handcraft</n>, 1951.

Bookseller <n>Mohamed Aziz</n> in his bookstore in Rabat, Morocco. Photo by <n>Mignonette</n>.

An illustration by artist <n>Pamela Colman Smith</n>.

A quote by poet <n>Marwan Makhoul</n>, written by artist <n>Giselle Buchanan</n>.

<n>Nicholas Roerich</n>'s <n>Agni Yoga. Diptych. Left part</n>, 1928.

A still of <n>James Baldwin</n> from the documentary <n>Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris</n>.

<n>lazy afternoon</n> (2022) by <n>Seeun Kim</n>, an oil painting exhibited at <n>NADA Miami</n>.

Simplicity is difficult because most of us are overcompensating for uncertainty. It takes a deep understanding of beauty and emotional awareness to look at something, long before most people would say it is complete, and say “This is enough.”

A scene from <n>Larrabee State Park</n> in May 1973. Photo by <n>David Falconer</n>.

Photograph by <n>Rutger ten Broek</n>, "Two girls on a hill," 1990.

<n>Herbie Hancock</n> at the <n>Maiden Voyage</n> recording session, 1965. Photo by <n>Francis Wolff</n>.

A portrait of musician <n>Leonard Cohen</n>. Photo by <n>Anjani Thomas</n>.

Quote by writer <n>Alnoor Ladha</n>. Graphic by <n>advaya</n>.

The photograph <n>Mexico</n> (ca. 1960) by <n>Manuel Carrillo</n>.

Tanay in Kerala, from the series <n>Born in Kerala</n>.

Musician <n>Nina Simone</n> at the piano.

Jazz pianist <n>Bill Evans</n> at <n>Riverside Recording Studios</n> in 1960. Photo by <n>Steve Schapiro</n>.

Simplicity is not an end in itself. You come to simplicity in spite of yourself, as you approach the true meaning of things.