If Your World Is Not Enchanted, You're Not Paying Attention
L. M. Sacasastheconvivialsociety.substack.com
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If Your World Is Not Enchanted, You're Not Paying Attention
Subtle shifts in language can sometimes have surprising consequences. The language of attention seems particularly loaded with economic and value-oriented metaphors, such as when we speak of paying attention or imagine our attention as a scarce resource we must either waste or horde. However, to my ears, the related language of attending to the wor... See more
theconvivialsociety.substack.com • Attending to the World
Enchantment is small wonder magnified through meaning, fascination caught in the web of fable and memory. It relies on small doses of awe, almost homeopathic: those quiet traces of fascination that are found only when we look for them.
Katherine May • Enchantment
Enchantment is just the measure of the quality of our attention.
