Harriet Hill
Phoenixville, PA
Born to Dutch dairy farmers in LA, lived life cross-culturally, especially in Africa , now pursuing my first love, making art.
MessageOnce when a friend edited an article I wrote, she offered me 10 cents for every word I could eliminate.
She could have taken herself out to dinner on the money she made had she been serious. A lot could be removed without losing anything.
Five-syllable words that could be just as well said with one.
Rabbit trails and redundancies.
The fluff was not only unnecessary, it was distracting, tiring out the reader, getting them to pay attention to things that were not important.
And attention is our most valuable commodity!
I'm a minimalist—in writing, in artwork, in décor, and in life. Just the right colors. Just the right shapes. And just enough of each one. Perfect!