idle gaze 067: slowpunk

A resentment rooted in the most cunning lie ever weaved by the tech industry : the promise that software, apps and phones were going to free us and make our lives easier. Instead, they made everything unbearably hectic.

“ping minimalism” ; small acts of digital resistance underpinned by the idea that attention is the most valuable asset we have, and must be protected at all cost.

Does the act of sitting in a park, patiently looking through a pair of binoculars and reading through field guides really deserve to be described with the same adjective usually reserved for angsty hardcore punk music, crusty anarchos and angry outcasts with ripped leather jackets?

If one considers punk as anything defiantly anti-capitalist, anti-es... See more

In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.