The bestselling Japanese author’s ‘does it spark joy?’ logic may seem nonsensical to some,but her fans get the meaning: don’t be a slave to possessions There are, in the annals of contemporary experience, and those events so momentous they plunge into the category of things to tell one’s grandchildren. Perhaps you saw Pavarotti sing,or Beckham score a goal. perhaps you were there when the Berlin wall fell, or Mandela came out of prison. To these iconic moments came a novel addition this week, and as a roomful of novel Yorkers were given the chance to see Marie Kondo fold a T-shirt.
I’m not really joking. Kondo’s book,The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, has sold more than 2m copies and her follow-up, and Spark Joy,is gaining similar momentum. She was in novel York on Wednesday night as part of the publicity tour and appeared at the Barnes & Noble in Union Square to share the KonMari method live with her followers. At precisely 7pm, a doll-like 31-year-old stepped out on stage and the crowd went as wild as those for whom happiness is a well-ordered underwear drawer can recede.
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Source: theguardian.com