#catholic upbringing is NOT failing me rn

[strawburrymeadows]

the father (gabriel), the son (adrien), and the holy spirit (emilie)

[deniigi]

Wow, your latest asks are super fun and It got me thinking about Matt’s poverty. Absolutely agree with you that Netflix Matt has not gotten out of poverty. I think he knows enough about the affluent lifestyle to pass by but his own livelihood would reflect his poor upbringing. Some writers attribute his minimalist attitude to catholic guilt, but i feel it’s more likely he never learned to NOT be poor. You’ve replied plenty, but can you share more on how poverty has and continue to shape his life

Hey anon,

So like, Idk but I wouldn’t say that Matt is minimalist. I think Matt’s got plenty of shit. Like, look at this:

Matt’s got shit. He’s got a couch, 2 chairs with pillows. A load of jars and tools on his counter. A secondary bookcase for the rest of his shit. He’s got a table in the same room.

And like, Matt’s got shit in his bedroom too.

I think that we might be mistaking organization for minimalism here. And that organization is probably related to Matt’s blindness more than anything else.

But like, I’m bad at recognizing minimalism because I have had to pick up and move a lot in the last decade or so, so I don’t really own a lot of things or have a whole lot of attachment to them the way many folks do, so maybe this is a me thing. (For real, though, Matt’s apartment reminds me a lot of my old SF place except my place was a single room and I didn’t have a couch. Pretty much everything else is the same, I had an old chair, an old desk, and a very similar storage situation going on in the back there.

Thinking about it now, I’m wondering if maybe I was just poor. Lik I got half that shit off the street or from thrift stores. 

Hmm.

Fuck. The only thing in my house I got new was this ladder thing I used for storage, now that I think about it.

Maybe I was just poor, y’all. Damn.

Sorry anon, I’m kind of having a crisis over here now, like??

Was I just poor? Am I failing to recognize Matt’s aesthetic as minimalist ‘cause I just have never developed a sense of what accumulating shit that does not serve an express purpose feels like?

Like, my mama’s place is full of stuff and my dad is basically a hoarder, so logically I should know what having shit and wanting to have shit for the aesthetic feels like. But like, my mom’s house has always felt extravagant to me and my dad’s problem has a lot more to do with mental health and disability than anything else

AND WHAT’S HAPPENING ANON???

Okay, so I’m going to go ahead and say that I don’t think I can answer this question rn. I’m sorry, boo. I need to go reflect. Maybe someone else can take this challenge up? Anyone have any thoughts on where Matt’s experiences with poverty might pop up in his life??