surroundings that speak of enchantment
“What I need, what I am trying to build, is — I coin this phrase by analogy to a memory palace — an attention cottage . ... When I sit down in a chair with a book in my lap, a notebook at my side, and no screens within reach or sight, I am dwelling in my attention cottage.
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Alan Jacobs • 1, #86 - How to survive in a world of distraction
If Your World Is Not Enchanted, You're Not Paying Attention
L. M. Sacasastheconvivialsociety.substack.com
Instead I’m asking you to ask yourself: where do you feel most comfortable and confident? Where do you laugh the loudest? Where do you let your guard down? Where do you feel the urge to take an Instagram photo because you want the world to see what you see and feel how you feel? Where do you get your biggest ideas? Where do you feel free to stretch
... See moreLisa Messenger • Life & Love: Creating the Dream
People choose places; places shape people; people go on to shape other people. We should be thoughtful about the kind of transformation we opt into.
The Friendship Theory of Everything
We are meant to be connected to our where, to the sensory experience of it. The simple beholding of place can slow your heart and steady your breath. It is quite the protective force.
Cole Arthur Riley • This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
I have noticed that when all the lights are on, people tend to talk about what they are doing – their outer lives. Sitting round in candlelight or firelight, people start to talk about how they are feeling – their inner lives. They speak subjectively, they argue less, there are longer pauses.
To sit alone without any electric light is curiously crea... See more
To sit alone without any electric light is curiously crea... See more