Turmeric and Trimming

Taking medicine, taking counsel…

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Disciple: Took your advice and tried a capsule of turmeric.

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Master: And?

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Disciple: Stomach pains receded, and joint pain decreased.

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Master: And what effect did that have on your day?

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BEFORE

Disciple: Got to work. Tidied up my PowerPoint slides.

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Master: Good. You’d used a lot of unedited screenshots.

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Disciple: Yes. Took your advice on that one too. I rebuilt them directly onto the slide by cutting and pasting.

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AFTER

Voice-over

Artists often seek to reduce a subject to its essential lines and colors. Cutting clutter in a picture is why paintings can look better than a photograph of the same scene. PPT too. Too much reality, too much detail, too much noise.

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