"All the darned fools in the world believe they are actually doing what think they are doing"
F.M.Alexander, Teaching Aphorisms
What has this to do with simplicity?
Let's consider a man who has a bad habitual posture he tells himself, or is told, to stand up straight.
If he has his back slouched, in order to correct this defect, he could for example pull his shoulders backwards.
What he "thinks he is doing", is standing up straight. But what he is "actually doing", is adding the pull of his shoulders to his habitual bad standing posture.
So, whatever we "do" to correct a specific defect, it will only complicate the matters further.
"A rose is a rose is a rose ..."
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