Monday, 21 June 2021

Authentic Living - Episode 25

What do you know about the key to Frugality Cottage?

What do you know about the door to Frugality Cottage? 

Perhaps you mostly associate cottages with mass-produced kitsch or remnants of folk art or old-fashioned crafts.

What does the word 'industry' mean to you?
 
What does the word 'kindness' mean to you?

You may or may not be aware that many people mistake kitsch for kindness.  

Kitsch is often a consumerist expression of fake kindness.  It exudes suffocating sentimentality, bypassing reasoning and political awareness, primarily in exchange for money.

The combination of kitsch and aggression has formed a considerable proportion of mass production, mass marketing, popular culture and political propaganda, particularly since 1956.

Did you notice the hinges at the entrance to Frugality Cottage?

Do you usually consider kindness to be a natural resource or a human invention?