On her blog, Sarah asked:

How does Minimalism continue to thrive without a point, or with a point that's been made many times already?

I would like to respond by saying that minimalism is not necessarily expending the minimum amount of effort on something. Instead, it's paring something down to its essentials and showing what really makes a piece of art work. Minimalism can exist in any art form. For example, Ernest Hemingway famously wrote a six-word short story. "For sale: Baby shoes, never worn." This is a minimalistic story. It's been stripped down to six words. However, it takes a lot of work to write a six-word story. Forcing yourself to cut out every nonessential detail and allow the reader to make their own assumptions takes a lot of time and thought.

Minimalism really forces the viewer to draw their own conclusions and think a piece of art through. It gives them space to make what they will of the piece. Aesthetically, it can be very beautiful, but beyond that, I do think it has a place in the art world.