My affinity for creativity has only grown with time. It’s something I deeply believe is an antidote to managing trying times.

But with my creations, I tend to index to an ‘overstuffing’ fallacy. Lately, I am reminded that beauty is often what’s not there.

As I step back and observe my work, my canvas — a document, deck, blog, song, or drawing — looks more cluttered than clean.

All that extra is taking away from the essence. So a reminder to look for subtractions, not additions.