Another Sketch in Stillness for your enjoyment today. The turtle’s got the point: X marks the spot for happiness and a calm mind. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds639
Posts By: Mariana
#tds638 Draw a colour wheel tree
Draw a short tree with spread out branches, make it large enough to fill a page. Using watercolours, markers, coloured pencils or anything you want ‘PROGRESS FROM YELLOW ON THE LEFT TO YELLOW-ORANGE TO ORANGE TO ORANGE-RED TO RED TO RED-VIOLET TO VIOLET TO BLUE-VIOLET TO BLUE TO BLUE-GREEN TO GREEN TO YELLOW-GREEN AND FINALLY… Read more »
#tds637 One can have too much stillness
It seems that too much sitting speeds up the rate at which the body ages and decays. So, it may be worth taking 5 minutes to watch the animation above. If you want more resources to help you understand the risks of sitting for too long, our friends at Open Culture oblige. Now, get out… Read more »
#tds636 Photography as contemplative Practice
“In this new conversation, the word “process” refers not to the how-to and step-by-step quantifiable realm of settings, photographic rules or editing but instead to the state of being and state of mind, the intention and attention that we experience when we are out with our cameras. This “process” sees photography as a contemplative practice… Read more »
#tds635 Walk a labyrinth
Today, watch “Circles in the Sand” a video of Denny Dyke building a labyrinth in the sand! These are well known for creating a still mind. but nowadays you do not have to travel anywhere to find one. After you enjoy the video, walk your own labyrinth. Just switch off your notifications and take… Read more »
#tds634 Stay calm, at ease and centred
How will you find your centre today? “May the blessing of light be on you— light without and light within. May the blessed sunlight shine on you and warm your heart till it glows like a great peat fire.” May be just repeating this old celtic blessing quietly to yourself away for screens and notifications for 15 minutes? Or… Read more »
#tds633 The colour game
A game designed to help you learn about colour design, but great to show yourself how able you are to stay in the present moment. Take time to learn how to use it, do a trial run. Tip: put all your attention on the colours in front of you and let your hand match… Read more »
#tds632 Been there, done that…and I keep doing it
The repetition of experience re-minds us that “I”, more often than not, forget. We won’t remember unless we participate in some regular repetitive form of remembering, what is often referred to as a discipline, a practice, or a ritual. Daniel Budd Take time today to read this excerpt from an article by Daniel Budd about the importance… Read more »
#tds631 Turn off all notifications
“Last year I turned off all my notifications. I stopped booking meetings. I started living asynchronously. Now instead of being interrupted throughout the day — or rushing from one meeting to the next — I sit down and get work done. I work a lot. I communicate with hundreds of people a day. I collaborate extensively. But I do so… Read more »
#tds630 But did you see the gorilla?
Today, just a short video about inattentional blindness. Watch it to the end if you want to learn something, even if you did see the gorilla… And after the video, you may want to read about inattentional blindness in an article by Daniel Simmons: “How could they miss something right before their eyes? This form… Read more »
#tds629 The power of deceleration
“The first thing I ask them to do in the research process is to spend a painfully long time looking at that object. Say a student wanted to explore the work popularly known as Boy with a Squirrel, painted in Boston in 1765 by the young artist John Singleton Copley. Before doing any research in… Read more »
#tds628 The truth about meditation
More Puppetji to show us the way to enlighten up! Laughter is a way to a still mind too. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds628
