Take time to listen to the TED radio hour: Quiet “In this episode, we explore ways to find quiet in our busy lives. How can we step back and make time to reflect in an increasingly distracted and hurried world?” Go on, take a full hour…or you can just pick one section. Tweet your response… Read more »
Posts By: Mariana
#tds459 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 »
#tds458 Lessons from the tress
We have featured sketches in stillness before and as the seasons change and wonderful positive reminder of impermanence came our way, we could not resist. Today, you might take time to review their archive on Tumblr. Enjoy. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds458
#tds457 Do you need to scrape your social media plaque?
Today, read this article about how to delete Instagram’s stalker map. Even if you do not have an Instagram account, this is an excellent article to help you think through how purposeful you are about permissions you give the apps your use. Managing permissions may not obviously relate to stillness, but we ask you to… Read more »
#tds456 Are you introverted or just rude?
“Years ago, I was habitually late. “I can’t help it!” I declared to an expert in time management (I’d turned my effort to reform into a magazine article, as writers do, which gave me the excuse to seek professional help). “Have you ever missed a plane?” she asked. I had not. “Then you can help it…. Read more »
#tds455 Poetry for the soul – Stop and listen.
Today, take time to listen to this beautiful poem and note any resonances in your own life! Pause, take a moment for art and soul making. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds455
#tds454 Words as a quiet moment
Conceptual artist Robert Montgomery suggests that in a world that bombards us with images, words can be a moment of pause in a hectic world. Here is one of his Light Poems for you to pause with words today. You can view more on his website. And if you are in the UK you may… Read more »
#tds453 Memento Mori
“For centuries, artists produced ‘memento mori’, works of art that would remind their viewers of death and usually featured a skull or an hourglass. The point of these works wasn’t to make people despair, but to help them use the thought of death to focus on the real priorities. Vivid reminders of mortality and the transient… Read more »
#tds452 Do you find it hard to live in the present?
It is easy say that living in the present gives us a quiet mind and a still point in time. This is true, but how many of us can spend any time in the present moment without distraction even when we know it is a skilful thing to do? This is a simple animation but… Read more »
#tds451 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 »
#tds450 It is not enough to buy mindfulness, you have to practice it too
“But when I got home, I resolved to do more than simply support mindfulness with my wallet. I found a quiet moment, put away my iPhone, and closed my eyes to meditate. It’s not enough to buy into mindfulness. You have to practice it, too.” The hidden price of Mindfulness Inc. Take time to read… Read more »
#tds449 Mindfulness – just a modish and ideologically freighted word?
“It’s profoundly tempting to dismiss as cant any word current with Davos, the N.B.A. and the motherhood guilt complex. Mindful fracking: Could that be next? Putting a neuroscience halo around a byword for both uppers (“productivity”) and downers (“relaxation”) — to ensure a more compliant work force and a more prosperous C-suite — also seems… Read more »
