Mary Martin

@marymartin

awareness, imagination, futures thinking, and hope.

All cardsCollections

The unwanted and the shadow imagination are real and necessary parts of our inner landscape. They’re wisdom, dipped in discomfort. When teaching mindfulness, I’ve noticed people either move away from their unwanteds or get sucked into them. Those who move away have conditioned themselves to avoid what they don’t want to hear, see, feel, or think. T... See more

Mary Martin • IFTF - How to Embrace Shadow Futures with Mindfulness

Mindfulness and

a polyvagal futures literacy offers foresight practitioners and learners a powerful framework for meeting the future with agency, hope, and inner resourcefulness in the face of its complexity.

Kenneth Wee • Exploring a Polyvagal Futures Literacy * Journal of Futures Studies

polyvagal theory and

https://jfsdigital.org/20032-2/

The challenges of circular economy is a topic many people want to avoid. I mean who wants to be the sustainability party pooper? No-one. On the contrary: you want to be positive and hopeful: we need solutions to the climate and sustainability crisis! And circular economy is a solution! However, we cannot hide our heads in the sand. The problems nee... See more

Virpi Oinonen • The Challenges of Circular Economy - comic - Business Illustrator

cartoons and circular economy

https://www.businessillustrator.com/challenges-of-circular-economy-comic/

Embodiment, AI - IDFA Report-1

Exploring the intersection of embodiment, immersive media, and artificial intelligence in documentary storytelling, highlighting audience experiences, challenges, and the evolving strategies used by creators to convey complex realities.

Link

embodiment and

At IDFA DocLab in November 2023, MIT researchers explored how the

different forms of possible embodiment were being used by artists, and how

they had impact on audience experience and understanding. We wanted to

understand what strategies and tools artists are using, how these projects

are being received by audiences, and whether the knowledge communicated

or experience delivered is distinct from that shared by more traditional forms

of flat screen media.

people's

Adam Grant • Tweet

Mindfulness Research

Thinking about curiosity as going beyond the need for quick answers also highlights the power of what happens when we engage with uncertainty: having to ponder and anticipate answers can improve learning and memory, and curiosity can facilitate brain states that help us encode new information. Learning new things can be tough, but harnessing cu... See more