Simplicity

The potentially insulting adage "Keep it simple, stupid," is advice I can enthusiastically get behind. The main reason is my ability to get easily overwhelmed and confused by unnecessary (at least in my opinion) complexity.

This is why I am hyper-aware about creating visual breaks in anything I write. Short paragraphs are my signature. They create space around the ideas for people to take time to digest the information. I appreciate simple, straightforward language and presentation of ideas so everything is accessible to everyone. Not to say that I don't have a fondness for crafting a well-turned phrase or using - what I call "chewy" words - the ones you can sink your teeth into - that are expressive and the total opposite of boring.  

Over the last few weeks, I have been inundated with convoluted language in instructions, forms, grant directives, and bureaucratic documents. Which translates in my brain as inaccessible gibberish. No amount of rereading and honest attempts to decipher allows me to understand what is being presented. Besides overwhelming and exhausting me, this has the unfortunate result of making me feel dense or just plain dumb.

Accessibility is the key. It is disappointing, frustrating, and mind-numbingly infuriating that people (companies and government entities) go to the extreme to make things unreachable, ultra-pretentious, and exclusive to a particular closed demographic which intentionally keeps a large portion of the population feeling stupid or unworthy without the means to get clarification or achieve the results they need to move forward. Folks shouldn't need to jump through hoops or seek out someone in the social services sector to be a translator.

Please - Just Keep it Simple...

DRC News

The Massena Center is officially closed. Thank you to everyone who helped get it emptied and cleaned. The lure of feeding my creativity and finishing the mural, that was started nearly two years ago by FG, got me through the hard parts of cleaning and toting,

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Pop-ups are coming this fall; details will be presented here and on DRC's social media throughout the summer.

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Stay tuned for news on everything grant-related that we are working on and the state of our sewer line debacle.

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Deep Root Center fully supports the LGBTQ+ community. Happy Pride Month from everyone at DRC.