because i’m not sure if i’ll ever finish this, some thoughts on modulating the placement of attention: when feeling disconnected, place more attention on others. when feeling sensitive & overwhelmed by others’ feelings, bring attention inwards: https://t.co/SFImNKpuSx
Attend to your influences.
I suppose this is the ur-message - to be more aware of what’s influencing you and how. Acknowledge just how much of what you think, feel and do is picked up from others, consciously and unconsciously, and try to become more conscious of more of them. Artists pay attention to this because they love their influences, while a
words from my piece in @bylinebyline 🎐
instagram.comContracting our attention into the moment is hard, but it increases its potency, just as the brevity of words increases the potency of an idea, creating deeper grooves in the mind. If brevity is the soul of wit, then presence is the soul of experience. We cannot be fully ourselves until we are fully in the moment—attention nowhere but here.
