attention
The kind of attention we pay actually alters the world: we are, literally, partners in creation
from The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist
by baja · updated 8d ago
attention
- When you choose whom to follow on Twitter, you’re choosing what types of mindsets and aesthetics to expose yourself to on a regular basis. You’re choosing what types of conversations to have. You’re choosing to be reminded regularly of certain things, and not of others. This is a kind of Programmable attention.
from Programmable attention
baja added 1mo ago
“Be discriminating about what images and ideas you permit into your mind.”
—Epictetusfrom Stoicism: The Ancient Remedy to the Modern Age by Gurwinder
baja added 2mo ago
- If I look at things that have turned out well in my life (my marriage, some of my essays, my current career) the “design process” has been the same in each case. It has been what Christopher Alexander called an unfolding .1 Put simply:
... See more- I paid attention to things I liked to do, and found ways to do more of that. I made it easy for interesting people
from Everything That Turned Out Well in My Life Followed the Same Design Process by Henrik Karlsson
baja added 2mo ago
- If I look at things that have turned out well in my life (my marriage, some of my essays, my current career) the “design process” has been the same in each case. It has been what Christopher Alexander called an unfolding .1 Put simply:
- But for me, as a person for whom narrow focus is against my instincts, the most remarkable thing about it is how rich it feels. My life these days is small and boring. I bicycle across the same fields every day, I notice how the wind turbines turn to face the wind, I rarely travel, and I spend my spare time staring at a text document. Annie Dillard... See more
from Henrik Karlsson | Substack by Henrik Karlsson
baja added 2mo ago
- In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.
from idle gaze 067: slowpunk by Alexi Gunner
baja added 2mo ago
- “ping minimalism” ; small acts of digital resistance underpinned by the idea that attention is the most valuable asset we have, and must be protected at all cost.
from idle gaze 067: slowpunk by Alexi Gunner
baja added 2mo ago
“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”
— Simone Weilfrom Home | Substack by Substack
baja added 2mo ago
- Looking closely is valuable at every scale. From looking closely at a sentence, a photograph, a building, a government. It scales and it cascades — one cognizant detail begets another and then another. Suddenly you’ve traveled very far from that first little: Huh.
I’d say that that huh is the foundational block of curiosity. To get good at the huh i... See morefrom Looking Closely Is Everything by Craig Mod
baja added 2mo ago
- People have always lived in their own realities. A person’s intuition helps them decide what to pay attention to, how to perceive the world, and what to value.
from Here for the Wrong Reasons — Are.na by Charles Broskoski
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