Brilliantly captured the essence that it is a fad that many subscribe to. The true roots of minimalism were not in any fad but to live simply. For instance, when Thoreau wrote Walden describing his life in the Woods, he did not have to evoke “minimalism” in it, it was part of his life. Minimalism is an expensive pastime that has made people millionaires, exactly as the opposite of it, that of cluttering has done to others.