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Looking Closely Is Everything
- perhaps the most radical idea of all: that every human being is worthy of attention and that the origins of every good and evil capability of the universe may be found by observing a single, even very humble, person and the turnings of his or her mind.
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Keely Adler added 2y ago
- describing something well is both an act of incredible generosity and a literary challenge of the highest order.
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Keely Adler added 2y ago
- What’s wild about focused attention is that the act of observation is implicitly timeless. A little dose of time travel. To look closely you must be present. And the more present you are, the more you move outside the boundaries of time.
from Looking Closely Is Everything by Craig Mod
Keely Adler added 2y ago
- Only untrained minds are boring. Or: Nothing in the world is bereft of delight. Looking closely helps unlock this delight, this wonder, this doofy curiosity.
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Keely Adler added 2y ago
- Attention is the muscle. Looking closely is the application of that muscle. It can be exercised through deliberate action. Meditation is one method.
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Keely Adler added 2y ago
- The question is: When the gears of society start moving again, will we carry the wisdom of this stillness forward? I hope so. Out the other side, back onto those transatlantic and transpacific flights, pressed against one another on our daily subway commutes, schedules full of dinner parties, brunch dates, weddings, funerals, brit milahs, concerts,... See more
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Keely Adler added 2y ago
- There is a physicality to looking closely, to paying attention, and the more aware you are of what attention feels like, the more aware you become of things pulling you out of that state.
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Keely Adler added 2y ago
- Words are magic. Words are really magic. They add so much. You can take a TikTok video, and you think the TikTok video is the end in itself. You don’t need any gloss on that, but you absolutely do. It’s so much funnier if you can articulate what is embarrassing or weird or impressive about what that person is doing. That is a great hack.
from Looking Closely Is Everything by Craig Mod
Keely Adler added 2y ago
- This act of “really looking” is deceptive. It requires an almost “unlooking” to see closely, a kind of defocusing. Because: We tend to see in groups, not details. We scan an image or scene for the gist, but miss a richness of particulars. I suspect this has only gotten worse in recent years as our Daily Processed Information density has increased, ... See more
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Keely Adler added 2y ago