Peter Owen Jones 'How to live a simple life'

Peter Owen Jones on 'How to live a simple life' (top image)
St Francis of Assisi (bottom image)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/7687158/Rev-Peter-Owen-Jones-Taking-financial-advice-from-St-Francis-of-Assisi.html

Memories from the series:

Living without any monetary means was the theme, how did it conclude? Well, it turned out that it was near impossible! He had to pay for a wheel barrow replacement, he had to pay for his car which amounted to much and he just gave up abit in the end, he felt defeated by the experience.

Much of the exercise was dependent on having charitable local villagers who felt sorry for him. Plus the results may have been different had it been in a more eastern location because customs and the nature of generosity is slightly different. It did seem abit mad cap but despite its failure it was very enlightening about how impossible this proposition was but yet it also revealed just how generous some people could/can be.

He kept chickens in a pen and they kept escaping or were they eaten by the local fox?
(Note to self should I want to keep chickens in future)

There was a point where he offered to give prayer services for passing commuters, he went to great lengths to get the advertising boards printed after they were printed incorrectly (to comic effect) and only one commuter turned up. (ahhh).

An artist lady who lived in a van or mobile home by choice really affected me because she felt 'time' was very valuable to her and her art is all she wanted to do, so she decided to live simply in a blue van, the only money she would need was for her petrol. Her time was her own and she is an exemplar of someone who has made that happen. I think she sold her art for income.
By the way, her art was superb, some indications from the subject matter that she have had some grim tendencies as one of her drawings was of the 'Grim Reaper'. I think I know her psychology, thoughts of mortality etc.