Find ‘the broad lawn, spread out, sit alone and watch a small patch of grass. Observe and record ‘what happens there’. Stay with your patch of grass long enough to get to know it.’ A. Sullivan Show us your patch of grass in a photo. [and yes, there is something moving in our patch of… Read more »
Posts By: Mariana
#tds3107 Write an equilibrium Lune
“A Lune is a fixed-form variant haiku created for the English language.” We created the lovely poetry card above. Today you get to make your own courtesy of digital artist John Johnston. Make yourself a healthy drink, close your tabs, take a deep breath and visit the Lune Maker. Follow instructions. Save you image and… Read more »
#tds3106 Find a quiet place online
John Johnston created a lovely space to reflection online. Take time away from clicking and watching the stream: we can watch ephemeral art as we reflect on this most wonderful poem also offered to us by John: We can kiss joy as it flies today by visiting John’s online reflection spot. If you want to… Read more »
#tds3105 Friluftsliv in, hygge out!
“Literally meaning free-air-life, this beautiful word is coined by Norwegian poet Henrik Ibsen in 1871. The protagonist of Ibsen’s well-known poem On The Heights is a young man who ventures out into the wilderness in pursuit of a clear mind. “Friluftsliv for my thoughts.”-he says. In his poem, Ibsen refers to being exposed to nature and fresh… Read more »
#tds3104 Futzing as a skill for stillness
‘Active curiosity—and a certain degree of futzing with the technological systems we encounter—is culturally overdue. “The need to have a more calm, tinkering approach to technologies is going to be very, very important,” he said. “I think also the idea that we need to build in the understanding from the outside that our systems are… Read more »
#tds3104 “is this good or bad? Yes.” Zeynep Tufekçi
Today we take time to reflect on the limitations of evaluation. The process of nature is so much more complex than that. It’s complicated. Watch Alan Watts speak to this in the Parable of the Chinese Farmer. We think it is worth two minutes of your day. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure… Read more »
#tds3103 Confessions of a bad meditator
“Meditation asks me to cease—for 20 minutes, twice each day—being a mom, wife, lover, friend, sociologist, author, speaker, coach, teacher. To give up success, in favor of peace. That’s extremely frightening to people like me.” So today, read the article and learn how to work with any fears you may have about finding some still… Read more »
#tds3102 Lack of importance or consequence
A quote from Milan Kundera’s book ‘The Festival of Insignificance’. It has been liked by some and hated by others but the quote above speaks to the idea that life is not personal and that nobody has any special dispensation from it even if our egos like to be centre stage. Today take time to do… Read more »
#tds3101 Get Drunk!
Get Drunk! by Charles Baudelaire Pause. Take time to lose yourself in this poem. We thank @johnjohnston for this submission and the many others through the years! Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds3101
#tds3100 Message Not Received
We have recently discovered Topic and we love it. Check it out. The series of shorts ‘Message not received’ will make for uncomfortable viewing and may also help you reflect on your communication patterns via your device. From the Blurb: “What do computers do to our friendships, social lives and basic notions of ourselves? “Message… Read more »
#tds3099 The WIFI detox: colonic irrigation for the mind
Gaby Hinsliff in a recent article titled: How living offline became the new status symbol described the Wi-Fi detox as ‘a bit like colonic irrigation for the mind, flushing out all the unnecessary gunge’. The article is both funny and thoughtful, worth a quiet cup of tea and a read. She concludes: “But power isn’t the… Read more »
#tds3098 “No matter how I struggle and strive…
If you don’t know this old song, listen to it above. Maybe it will become an ‘earworm song’ for the day. How does your perception of your daily chores change if today you make it an intention to remember that: “No matter how I struggle and strive I’ll never get out of this world alive”? Tweet… Read more »
