analog
That space—where you look up from writing and don’t know where to go or what to do next, where you sit at a red light, wait at the post office? Something lives in that space that’s being hurt and displaced by calling in the “elsewhere” of messages, news cycles, TikToks, and so on. A relationship to something as yet unknown and under formation is... See more
Lia Purpura • The Ecology of Attention
Next time you wonder about something - a word, a face, a feeling, an unrecognized song - don’t look it up right away. Let it sit in your mind like a riddle. Think about it when you walk, cook, or do your cardio. Let it itch you a little, you’ll be surprised by what else rises to the surface.
how to become gently interesting
“Sometimes, being on my phone too much makes me wonder if I am incapable of forming my own thoughts and opinions, which is a terrifying feeling. When I was younger, everything in my room was wholly mine and a product of my own imagination. Owning something in its entirety like that can only be born of a complete vacuum of outside noise, and it has been a long time since I’ve felt that way.”
“There was an inherent freedom in that kind of life—a stretch of time between reaching out to someone and hearing back. You had to hold people in mind longer. You had to wonder about them, wait for them.”