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Joseph
Gathering is the tender and thoughtful collection of goods for your kin, and a moment for reunion, for celebration, and for introspection around those goods.
Mindy Seu • On Gathering
Mindy Seu
"When everything is readily available and consumable, contemplative attention is impossible." (Byung-Chal Han, Vita Contemplativa)
It is the story that makes the difference.
The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction
In Greek mythology, Chronos was “Father Time” and he devoured his own children. One son got away and rose above time to become a God; this was Zeus. He formed an uprising against time and became the king of the pantheon. I think the Gods preferred an alternate type of time called “Kairos” a fleeting moment that was pregnant with opportunity. It’s
... See moreIt’s going to be an expert through the proving of data — an expert through action, rather than an expert through appointment.
Andrew Ryce • Curatorial Governance: An Interview with Tony Lashley
But if you've really learned how to think, how to pay attention, then you will know you have other options.
This is Water - Alumni Bulletin - Kenyon College
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“An act of pure attention, if you are capable of it, will bring its own answer,”
Maria Popova • How We Render Reality: Attention as an Instrument of Love
learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.
David Foster Wallace • This is Water
“And I think it was memory that saved us. You see, we have already known that