WHEN, OVER 20 YEARS AGO, I DECIDED TO CONVERT MY WASTED ATTIC SPACE INTO A ZEN-LIKE SPACE, FREE OF CLUTTER AND BRIC-A-BRAC.....MY INTENTIONS WERE MINIMALISTIC AND CALM......BUT THE 'STUFF' JUST FOLLOWS ME WHEREVER I GO.....I GREW UP IN A MINIMALIST HOME, YET MY ROOM WAS PACKED WITH THOUSANDS OF THINGS.....PIECES OF GLASS FOUND ON MY WALKS, FEATHERS, FABRICS, AQUARIUMS, BIRDS IN WIRE HOMES...BOOKS, RECORDS, MASKS...WELL....LOTS OF STUFF....THEN I WENT TO COLLEGE. WITHIN WEEKS MY DORM ROOM WAS FULL OF STUFF THAT I FOUND IN MY WANDERINGS THROUGH NASHVILLE.....EACH TIME I MOVE, THE 'STUFF' FOLLOWS......NEEDLESS TO SAY, MY 'ZEN' ROOM NOW LOOKS LIKE EVERY OTHER PLACE I'VE DWELLED.....I'M JUST NOT A SIMPLE FELLOW, I GUESS!
