essays i want to remember

Attention used to be a ritual, now it’s a resource. It used to have weight, tempo, ceremony. It was the way we signalled reverence, love, or simply care . You sat down to write a letter, and the page held more than ink, it held intention .

I suppose the underlying issue here has to do with grasping complexity , especially when it came to contradicting aspects of my personality . It appeared to me that there must be one overarching predominant aspect to myself , one “ default setting ” to resort to when reacting to daily life. It was impossible for me to imagine such a “ setting ”... See more