“No man is an island: we act together, think together and even remember together. Elderly couples have interconnected memory systems, working together to deftly remember their shared past. New research shows that platonic friends see themselves similarly. […] Memory interdependence was the single best predictor of friendship quality, more even than relationship length or a… Read more »
Posts By: Mariana
#tds614 The useless agony of going offline
“At the end of the experiment, I wasn’t dying to get my phone back or to access Facebook. I just wanted to get back to being better informed. My devices and the Internet, as much as they are sometimes annoying and frustrating and overflowing with knuckleheads, help me to do that. If getting outside and… Read more »
#tds613 Seeing the familiar in a new way
Today we use photography to find inner focus and stillness. Thanks to our friends from the Art Assignment for the idea. 1. Go to a public place that you pass daily and take a photo, not too close and not too far 2. Download the photo to a computer and look at it for… Read more »
#tds612 The right to disconnect? It will cost you.
“We can already pay a fee to use slick software that will limit our access to Facebook or Twitter. Or we can pay some more and fill our smartphone with a dozen mindfulness apps that will give us all the benefits of Zen without any of the burdens of Buddhism. Or we can pay for… Read more »
#tds611 Making room for rest
“The appeal of the gig economy is its flexibility: you can work anytime, anywhere. But for me, this often means that I fall into the trap of working all the time, everywhere. And that makes me really, really tired. I’m certainly not alone. According to a 2013 study by the National Sleep Association, conducted with… Read more »
#tds610 Permeable boundaries bring us together
We feel safe inside our ‘we’ boxes. It is easy to think the boundaries of our boxes are brick walls. Yet, a little reflection and some wise questions can help us see how many boxes each ‘I’ can belong to, how boundaries can be permeable and how much we actually share with the very people… Read more »
#tds609 Do we need to get ‘back to life’?
Digital Storytelling site Cowbird.com is closing down. This is not unusual in digital life, platforms come and go all the time. What is unusual here is the rationale for the choice to close the site as explained beautifully above by one of its founders Jonathan Harris. They could have redeveloped, they could have sold, they… Read more »
#tds608 Bored with your own company? You may be in danger…
Our friends at Open Culture featured this lovely short clip about solitude, and how young people need to find ways to maintain or relearn the ability to be alone for well being. Who is Andrei Tarkovsky? “The most famous Soviet film-maker since Sergei M. Eisenstein, Andrei Tarkovsky (the son of noted poet Arseniy Tarkovsky) studied… Read more »
#tds607 Life is not personal
“Mind — in its tiniest form — is what comes between us and the world around us. And mind, many have said — since the Stoics and before — is what projects our imperfect longings and understanding onto reality. It’s not events that undo us, it’s what we make of them.” Pico Iyer Listen… Read more »
#tds606 Treat each thing as if it were alive
Even a computer can be used to focus our attention on the present moment. Gary Snyder is a Zen poet and shows us the beauty of a mindful relationship with our devices. Listen to @johnjohnston read the poem in a beautiful Scottish accent. Can you establish this kind of relationship with any of your devices,… Read more »
#tds605 Meeting each other with an empty mind
Who will you meet today with an empty mind, no preconceptions or need for a result in the conversation? How easy or not was it? Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds605
#tds604 Giving a smile
“That day, I learned that I could be a giver by simply bringing a smile to another person. The ensuing years have taught me that a kind word, a vote of support is a charitable gift. I can move over and make another place for someone. I can turn my music up if it pleases,… Read more »
