Why I don't like minimalism

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  • Опубликовано: 17 янв 2025

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  • @kennyobrien
    @kennyobrien Год назад +16

    “Organization over minimalism.” Yes!

  • @DarViajar
    @DarViajar Год назад +16

    I've adopted minimalism mostly because I move often and I don't have a place to put the things I like. But this inspired me to like more things haha

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  Год назад

      Thanks man! Yes, makes total sense!

  • @toskabyss
    @toskabyss Год назад +8

    Sheesh! This one hits. My wife and I are currently in minimalism recovery. I'm lamenting letting go if my Korg Polysix from 1981. Beautiful work as always!

  • @Ponk_80
    @Ponk_80 Год назад +6

    I feel you, there is absolutely nothing wrong in not following any trend. Be yourself, be authentic.

  • @peterchatterton
    @peterchatterton Год назад +15

    Amazing dude! My good friend is a prop stylist and it's always amazing to me how much work goes into making a space look lived in. In other words, to me, minimalism doesn't have character.

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  Год назад +7

      Yeah! everyone talks about cinematography, but production design is def the unsung hero.

  • @pranavgoel29
    @pranavgoel29 Год назад +5

    This is love, application is better than looks/minimalism.
    I love being organised, it helps in keeping your mind clear.

  • @mchobbit2951
    @mchobbit2951 11 месяцев назад +5

    I feel like minimalism is for/work for people that
    1. Spend little time at home to begin with. They work at least full time and travel often, if they are not digital nomads or people who want to be able to move easily at all times and do so often.
    2. are extroverted and really enjoy what they call "experiences".
    3. have enough disposable income to replace things if needed.
    I'm an introvert. While I do like nature walks and do go outside, I spend most of my time at home. I don't work at all now and have never worked full time. If I didn't have "stuff", I'd have nothing to do that doesn't involve a screen of some sorts other than staring at the wall, daydreaming and chores. I also am very short on money. So yeah, I keep the art supplies Aunt Mary gave me though I already have the exact same set and yes, there is an old Windows 7 laptop hidden at the back of my closet. Because if I run out of the art supplies I do have or my current computer breaks...well, I don't know if I can afford a replacement any time soon. Obviously, it goes without saying that I can't afford to even be a maximalist consumer anyway. But having things that remind me of hobbies and things and people I love around me (as well as things I myself created) is also a great comfort to me. I would be utterly depressed in a place that looks as if you could just swap me out and put anyone else in. My home is my sanctuary, my safe space.
    Minimalism can be as toxic as hoarding. With some people, it feels like having anything gives them anxiety. That's ultimately not healthy either.

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  11 месяцев назад +2

      Thanks so much for taking the time to share your perspective. It's valuable. I'm a big fan of looking inside for how you want to make your life better Vs feeling the need to subscribe to outside "expert" takes. It seems you have a pretty good, self-reflective grounding in what you know is good for you, which a lot of people don't.

  • @sylvanmcgowan8035
    @sylvanmcgowan8035 6 месяцев назад +3

    I found this video during my frustration of modern minimalism in UI design, and desperately looking for other ways or inspiration for designing digital interfaces. The b-roll footage is healing my soul.

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  6 месяцев назад

      Nice! Glad it spoke to you!

  • @tshuqwud1693
    @tshuqwud1693 8 месяцев назад +3

    Thanks a lot for this video. As a lover of things, it felt really great!

  • @eifionjones8513
    @eifionjones8513 8 месяцев назад +2

    love this. Lots to unpack, ironically.

  • @felixmagner5905
    @felixmagner5905 Год назад +1

    I felt a huge connnection with you when I listened to your video.I had an obsession at an early age for old radios, but i got rid of a lot of them by the pression of people wanting me to justify my love of them .Thank you so much.

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  Год назад +1

      Thanks for sharing. Old radios are awesome. There’s a quick shot of one in my video I bought at a flea market. One day, years… YEARS after I bought it, it started crackling and came to life on its own. It was spooky. Long story short, I think it’s cool you like radios and hopefully one day one comes spontaneously alive for you.

  • @ilshatsayit
    @ilshatsayit 11 месяцев назад +1

    I think it depends on how often you move from one place to another, and setting roots, no?

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  11 месяцев назад +1

      Definitely. Practicality wins.

  • @henriquenakandakare
    @henriquenakandakare Год назад +2

    It's weird when we really confront that feeling "This thing has a real value to me?". Like minimalism creates that aura of things being just things, a kinda of question of just one choice.
    And makes that guilt become a monster where we don't fit in this new modern design and aesthetic, and don't fit in our own world.
    Like we have just the extreme side of the options.
    A brutal capitalist consumer or a psychopath without attachments.
    And great video.
    I would love to hear more about your relationship of doing some works that you hate and how you balance this relationship to continue making films and photos.

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  Год назад +4

      Thanks for sharing! I think that minimalism can also be pretty consumeristic and my life is pretty sustainable even if it’s cluttered. Your point about not fitting in is key and our obsession with prescriptions like minimalism are just like a bad fad diet

  • @vakhorevazishvili4294
    @vakhorevazishvili4294 7 месяцев назад +1

    I am just starting new journey of videographer and watching all the videos on youtube to learn something and after a while I discovered that most of them just try to sell you things you don't actually need. And I'm talking about guys who has millions and millions of views there. Discovering Jesse felt refreshing. Dude is honest and knows what he is talking about, you can see quality here. It blows my mind that this video has just 3.4k views. youtube needs to recommend Jesse to more people like me.

  • @tarotducheneblanc
    @tarotducheneblanc 8 месяцев назад

    I consider myself half minimalist half antique lover. I thing both can live happily ever after together. When my space doesn't inspire me anymore because I have too much, I purge. I also purge to make room for new projects, curiosities and new interests. I need minimalism in my life to feel good. Otherwise I feel rapidly overwhelmed. But would I live in a totally curated home? No way... I love my things too much for that. They provide a connection and a reminder of who I am in this moment and where I'm going. Great video!!

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  8 месяцев назад

      I feel the same way! Constantly purging, but also purchasing more cautiously too.

  • @lolamoro
    @lolamoro Год назад +4

    I dont think there is a more relateable video on the internet right now 😂💕 thanks Jesse!

  • @minnie66
    @minnie66 9 месяцев назад

    Great! Totally agree, every single word. Thank you ❤

  • @mikedamn
    @mikedamn Год назад

    Thanks for making me feel good about not having a minimalist decor

  • @pjromaniuk
    @pjromaniuk 8 месяцев назад

    I’m so happy I found your channel, been enjoying these videos. When that Brucedale Ave address on the telegram popped up it brought me right back to my years growing up on the East Mountain n Hamilton, doing my own collecting of treasures.

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  8 месяцев назад

      Good eye! I got that in a book at an estate sale on Rousseaux St in Ancaster about 15 years ago

  • @asaadyt
    @asaadyt 17 часов назад

    rocket epresso machine, i like it 2:03

    • @asaadyt
      @asaadyt 17 часов назад

      i love how you talked about homes, and the places, the feelings about things, you speak good words bro

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  9 часов назад +1

      Thank you!

  • @TomKaszuba
    @TomKaszuba 8 месяцев назад +1

    I admire your style Jesse. Truly.

  • @solmare_
    @solmare_ 8 месяцев назад +3

    Oh fuck, dude. I didn’t know I needed this, thank you.

  • @KitchentoCampfire
    @KitchentoCampfire Год назад

    Brilliant, and so true!

  • @fillipelezo
    @fillipelezo Год назад

    I loved seeing all your stuff! Some really awesome things there. 👏👏👏

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  Год назад +1

      "stuff" "junk" :) thanks for watching!

  • @collins_channel8643
    @collins_channel8643 Год назад

    This was a great video. Hope this blows up

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  Год назад

      Maybe! A man can dream, can't he!

  • @8lec_R
    @8lec_R Год назад

    I agree with the title for the same reasons as you do, but also more importantly for economic reasons. Minimalism is expensive and treating it as something that will improve everyone's lives is very short sighted.

  • @jimg962
    @jimg962 Год назад

    I have too many things without purpose...probably.

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  Год назад

      Well i didn't say i didn't either 😬

  • @IamUke
    @IamUke Год назад

    I'm going to be moving in a few months and I think I want to establish a minimalist home when I arrive. But a lot of my inner being resists any attempt to clear the life clutter. I'm conflicted. Half of me is like you and the other half wants minimalism. Probably I'll start minimalist and piece by piece start accumulating the treasures until I have a nice clutter again.
    I too hate/love the apple mouse. I too switched to a butt-ugly MX on my desktop machine. The laptop still has the apple mouse. Every time I use the laptop I am reminded why I love and hate the thing.
    Great video, thanks for sharing!

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  Год назад +1

      Thanks Rob. As I get older I realize there isn't much joy in trying to live out other people's ideas of what life should look like. It's just finding that balance between things that bring joy and clutter that brings anxiety. Hope you find a good balance!

  • @benmaymedia
    @benmaymedia 3 месяца назад

    Lol this is fantastic! Spot on!

  • @Joseph2day
    @Joseph2day 4 месяца назад

    Be yourself! I love hearing people with points of view different from my own. This is the nature of human debate right. I'm a minimalist, and I absolutely love it. But I’m not focused on the aesthetic side of minimalism-I don't care much about how my apartment looks because I spend most of my time when I am not working outside. What minimalism gives me is invaluable: more time, more money, and more opportunities to enjoy the beauty of nature.
    As a minimalist, I can live in a small apartment anywhere I want. If I weren't living this way, I couldn’t afford to say that. In my current neighborhood, it’s either a tiny apartment or being wealthy, and I love where I live. My place is so easy to maintain-I can clean it in 10-20 minutes a day, keeping it quite clean without much effort despite having a super shedder German Shepard Dog. That leaves me free to do what I really love, like spending time by and in the ocean, just a short walk away, going out with friends, playing with my dog, playing with my kids, catching a game, just wandering the city on public transportation or biking out to the mountains. Minimalism gives me freedom to do so much with my time.
    What I have is true freedom. Freedom from looking for my keys, phone, wallet, some special purpose pot or pan, or blender. Freedom from a life maintaining 100s of thousands of items. Freedom to live where I want when I want. Freedom to be creative in my life. Are there tradeoffs, yes, every choice in anyone's life comes with tradeoffs. I just like my trades.
    Although I’m a minimalist, I do appreciate collections. I have the largest collection of seashells in the world-but I leave them on beaches all around the globe for everyone to enjoy. I also admire relics from our human past, lovingly curated in museums. To me, these artifacts don’t become more beautiful just because they’re displayed in my home. I have seen some comments saying that minimalist do not like history.... I cannot for the life of me figure out how someone would draw that conclusion. I for one love history, I am fascinated with all things history, science, mathematics of all types, I love art (no not just minimalism art). I love music. I could never own a home large enough to hold all for which I am curious, so I choose instead to go to the beauty where it exists. I also very much enjoy enjoying those beautiful things with other people. I could never invite so many people into my home as I can meet in my explorations away from home.
    Again, I love hearing opposing points of view, so thank you so much for this video.

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  3 месяца назад

      I love this and I’m jealous of all the times I’m looking for my wallet or keys. You sound like you have a healthy approach. It’s the aesthetic minimalism that gets me. Performative for others. My problem is I live in a rural area so we have room to accumulate. Vigilance against the collection (hoarding?) urge is hard! Thanks for the thoughtful response, Joseph

  • @mijiolnir
    @mijiolnir Год назад

    I love this video so much. i feel exactly the same.

  • @joemamamia1751
    @joemamamia1751 Год назад +2

    This is my most favorite video on RUclips. I’m going to place it over here. 😌🤲🏼

  • @cadence9055
    @cadence9055 Год назад +2

    This video is genius! I get it, finally. One thing minimalism (ism=religion) does is strip away all sense of history. We cannot exist without our history and context and the creativity it breeds. I see a man unable to go against the intuition of his true self. This video is a gift to me. Thank you so much.

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  Год назад

      Love this. Yes I guess it’s the “ism” that bothers me and suffocates growth and reason. Thanks for your thoughtful comment!

  • @Riccardo_Mori
    @Riccardo_Mori 3 месяца назад

    "Growing up, I was always obsessed with vintage packaging design."
    Oh dear, me too!
    "When my mom and I were out doing errands, I would beg my mom not to stop at toy stores, but antiques stores, and I still have many of these things."
    WAIT, ARE YOU ME!? 😊
    This is the fifth video of yours I'm watching since RUclips's algorithm put you on my radar, and if I hadn't already subscribed after the second video, I would SMASH that Subscribe button to smithereens for this alone.
    (I got carried away. Again. Let me regain my composure and shake your hand. Cheers! //Rick)

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  3 месяца назад

      lol. Glad you’re still watching!

  • @ehlohimwhil5762
    @ehlohimwhil5762 Год назад

    Well that's what you get for following other's taste/lifestyle. I'm glad you found yourself

  • @JakeHGuy
    @JakeHGuy 3 месяца назад

    Great video. Currently learning to love things again after being raised in a minimalist worshiping home.
    Btw love all the Catholic imagery you have.

  • @TimGreig
    @TimGreig 5 месяцев назад

    I think I'm a minimalist when it comes to cameras: mechanical, a few knobs, little else. I don't need 4000 settings that really just deal with the inadequacies of a digital camera. Well, not all, but most of them. Yeah, looking at you Sony.

  • @kucken64
    @kucken64 8 месяцев назад

    Okay but what’s dusting your place like?

  • @danielpecsi2651
    @danielpecsi2651 10 месяцев назад +2

    I have been an active RUclips users for years and there are many creators I really like, but I could never be bothered to write a comment or see a reason why. I stumbled upon your channel today and I had to tell you how much I love what you do. The humor, the content, the asthetics and all are full of soul. You are an absolute inspiration! I am forever grateful that all I have to do is let Google mine my personal data hollow to have access to this.

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  10 месяцев назад +2

      To be honest i'm an ai that is trained on authenticity to mine your data! Thanks for the comment Daniel, it's hard to put myself out there with a point of view... imposter syndrome and all, but comments like yours make it worth while. means a lot!

  • @pensivecrow
    @pensivecrow 8 месяцев назад

    Even in organized places, I struggle to think. I think I would consider myself a minimalist of sorts. There are so many qualifiers in that sentence because the minimal is not what is appealing, rather the peace is what is appealing. When a space is cohesive, it is good. The business of some spaces can be coherent, but perhaps because of my own personal failings, I cannot seem to create spaces that are busy and coherent. And so when there is a thing that I do not need, that Simply distracts my autistic ADHD brain when I need desperately to think, it goes. I give it away, I recycle, I resell, but it has to go because I have to think and things that are not coherent distract me.

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  8 месяцев назад

      Yes. I’m feeling the way you’re sharing right now. Downsizing, selling. I just get away from it all into nature and that seems to help me these days. Thanks for your comment!

  • @thedecker1253
    @thedecker1253 Год назад

    Well put, as always. FWIW you might enjoy the documentary film 'Objects' as a form of vindication and catharsis.

  • @adafrost6276
    @adafrost6276 5 месяцев назад

    As a maximalist that needs every inch of my space filled with functional stuff and has an allergy to white space, I like hearing the perspective of why people get into minimalism.

  • @schmitz-volker8245
    @schmitz-volker8245 4 месяца назад

    I love the video although I think that minimalism should really be defined. My definition of it is: You only surround yourself by things you love or at least feel for. Thats also the definition by some but not all minimalists. Therefore minimalism is not about the quantity of things, but about the quality of the emotional connection to the things in your life. That can be only a few things or a lot. I f I do not like a thing in my live and I do not see myself liking it in the future, I will throw it out. And I feel this is very healthy. Also if somebody travels or lives at different places, this is a whole other story. This love can overtake and force people to live more minimalistic, they usually would....but anyway as always very interesting story which made me think!

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  3 месяца назад

      Thanks! These are all good, healthy approaches. I sometimes think about living on a sailboat to get away from all the stuff, lol. Thanks for the thoughtful comment

  • @KimaniAjamu
    @KimaniAjamu 8 месяцев назад

    Great video!

  • @JosephValenti
    @JosephValenti Год назад

    This was so freaking good

  • @joelarmstrongmusic
    @joelarmstrongmusic 8 месяцев назад

    As I’m watching this for the first time, my Apple mouse low battery notification just popped up on my screen 😂

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  8 месяцев назад +1

      Lord have mercy!

    • @joelarmstrongmusic
      @joelarmstrongmusic 8 месяцев назад

      @@jessesenko I'm enjoying your channel since it popped into my feed a couple days ago. when I initially agonized over what my first camera should be, the nonsense gear acquisition bigger better faster hi-tech, no you should do low-tech, you're doing it wrong videos were a little overwhelming. wish I'd found your channel earlier, but I learned a lot last few years through the trial and error. thanks for bringing some sarcasm and grounded opinions to youtube!

    • @drinkwater9891
      @drinkwater9891 6 месяцев назад

      people who buy anything apple are certain "types" in the first place

  • @antoniowimmer
    @antoniowimmer Год назад

    I think i've never clicked faster in a video in my life. I'm also trying to click repeatedly like a maniac the thumb-up but it appears to just be cyclying between 6 and 7likes. So just imagine that I've pressed it 143 times ok? Thank you for this masterpiece.

  • @romershaw3798
    @romershaw3798 Месяц назад

    So great...beautiful

  • @ThomasTulak
    @ThomasTulak 8 месяцев назад

    HAHAHA "having to charge your mouse!" ...glad I use a track pad

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  8 месяцев назад +1

      My new mouse i can charge and keep working :) thanks for watching Thomas.

    • @ThomasTulak
      @ThomasTulak 8 месяцев назад

      @@jessesenko that's good! just cracked me up watching you plug in your mouse on the bottom! You took the complaint right outta my head! haha that's when I decided to subscribe!

  • @jamesjameson7635
    @jamesjameson7635 Год назад +1

    Welcome to the Maximalism lifestyle friend

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  Год назад +1

      Entering my hoarder era!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @hexrockstar
    @hexrockstar 8 месяцев назад

    A Fostex x15!!!

  • @NateTreme
    @NateTreme 3 месяца назад

    people took a visual design technique and made a lifestyle out of it.

  • @KeithStrang
    @KeithStrang 7 месяцев назад

    Wow. I too have an aversion to sterile domesticated spaces, but never articulated why. I just knew it wasn't real or beautiful. Wild, ordered chaos. Always working on the order part.

  • @marameliaofficial
    @marameliaofficial 3 месяца назад

    This is the best 😁 You made me laugh three times today (three videos, basically- thank you RUclips algorithms!)

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  3 месяца назад

      Thanks for watching!!

  • @justinkmiller
    @justinkmiller Год назад +1

    Balance, it’s important, well worn feels like home, comfort is a $3 1980s brown suit case from a neighborhood yard sale, usefulness is relative, define yourself know yourself… thanks for sharing.

  • @herinvienna
    @herinvienna 3 дня назад

    👏

  • @chris_sparrows
    @chris_sparrows Год назад +1

    When we're both in our next stage of life, let's open a curio shop, or our own version of a Ripley's Believe It or Not. I love the old school museum aesthetic, so much knowledge and history and life in the random small things of life.

  • @svetlanak7804
    @svetlanak7804 6 месяцев назад

    This video ended the minimalism for me ❤

  • @julkar__reels
    @julkar__reels Год назад

    Where were you dude?? I’m seeing your video for the first time and you’re already my favourite RUclipsr , AND it’s only HALFTIME

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  Год назад

      You’re here now and that’s all that matters! thanks for watching and for the kind words!

  • @nayaleezy
    @nayaleezy 7 месяцев назад

    F the Apple mouse design

  • @jacquescolmenero7760
    @jacquescolmenero7760 8 месяцев назад

    Well I suspect you are a budding "hoarder", an organized one mind you, but a hoarder nevertheless. This constant inner turmoil between indecisiveness and perfectionism.

    • @jessesenko
      @jessesenko  8 месяцев назад +1

      Yes. They will make a cheap tv show about my house when they lift me out with a crane in 40 years.

  • @lemnisgate8809
    @lemnisgate8809 6 месяцев назад

    Why minimalism is important, look at your background it’s cluttered it’s distracting it drew my attention away from you and the message you’re trying to convey, now all that clutter each individual piece may have significance to you each a thing of beautiful on its own but when you stack it all together it just look like brown noise piles of smelly brown noise.

  • @drinkwater9891
    @drinkwater9891 6 месяцев назад

    who cares lol