Hi, I'm Meg. I write about what I see.
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Hi, I'm Meg. I write about what I see.
And like, I feel compelled to to write about these damn mice! I want to EB White the shit out of every single mouse moment. This writing would reveal nothing new! It would change nothing about mice-human relations!
But writing about those mice helps me observe - right there out of the corner of my eye! - the border of my own reality. It helps me re... See more
But writing about those mice helps me observe - right there out of the corner of my eye! - the border of my own reality. It helps me re... See more
Pocket Observatory • A Dripping Dread
the practice of paying close attention.
Cara Blue Adams • Infra-ordinary People | Cara Blue Adams
Jenna Guarascio added
what we do
Alara added
The people in these observatories make records of what they see, hear and detect. One observation on its own is a curiosity. But enough observations, from enough people, over enough years can help map a corner of existence.
The poet Mary Oliver writes, “Attention is the beginning of devotion.”
Ingrid Fetell Lee • Joyful: The surprising power of ordinary things to create extraordinary happiness
attention forms the ground not just for love, but for ethics.
Jenny Odell • How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
“Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.” —José Ortega y Gassett
Austin Kleon • Keep Going
Mike "Bagel" added
“I wish I could observe life like Maggie Nelson,” I said to my manager.
“You can,” he replied. “I think reading literature makes one much more attentive. I go from ‘writing op-eds about who is good and who is bad’ to ‘writing vignettes about what's amusing, unusual, or thematically resonant’ in my head. It's like, ‘What genre do I want my internal ... See more
“You can,” he replied. “I think reading literature makes one much more attentive. I go from ‘writing op-eds about who is good and who is bad’ to ‘writing vignettes about what's amusing, unusual, or thematically resonant’ in my head. It's like, ‘What genre do I want my internal ... See more
Jasmine Sun • 🌻 Audience of One
