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But if you think of reading in this way, as a means of uploading data, then reading will always seem too slow. If I can transfer the complete contents of a book to my computer in ten seconds, why does it take me a week to transfer it to my brain? And why is that latter form of uploading so error-prone and so often incomplete?
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
Alan Jacobs
As an experiment, I'd like you to try this out today:
• Notice as many good things that are happening as possible... they don't have to be huge: someone smiles at you, you accomplish a small task, you're cozy under a warm blanket...
• Stay with the feeling of each one for 10-30 seconds, making it more important and bigger in your mind.
• You can even imagine it as something that is sinking into you — perhaps a warm, glowy ball or a soothing balm over your heart.
Why Your Brain Fixates on the Bad Stuff
Rick Hanson
That solo approach offered a much-needed counterweight to the scale and intensity of his recent filmmaking, Lanthimos said. “It’s more direct and unfiltered,” he added. “You don’t need that many people. You don’t need that much structure and money. You can do it whenever you want.”
Photography, with its quiet rituals and self-contained process, has offered some meditative calm amid the creative whirlwind of the past few years.
Yorgos Lanthimos Steps Back From the Movie Camera, and Picks Up Another One
nytimes.com
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