Thought provoking
Scrolling displaces observation, shuts out occasions for self-generated thought, silences out-of-the-blue invitations. Checking the phone reroutes the discomfort of blankness and emptiness. It stoppers authentic—often anxious—waiting. And, even more disturbing, scrolling narrows the field of my curiosity. I take what I find there; I don’t make... See more
Lia Purpura Published • The Ecology of Attention
so,
if you are too tired to speak,
sit next to me
for i, too,
am fluent in silence.
—R. Arnold