"...to see their own attention as a resource that they must ferociously guard..."
So huge, so hard to do these days. Just wanted to raise my hand and let you know another human's out there endeavoring to gain a little more mastery over the treasure that is his consciousness, and doing so because of how lovely it is to do so.
Great column and particularly this line: "...they fundamentally misunderstand, and so skew, what was so meaningful about all of this stuff to begin with: art, writing, task-completion, communication, you name it..." I look at art now online and I don't know if it's real or not! Thanks, Chuck!
Totally agree, says the creaky, old ex-marathoner.
"...to see their own attention as a resource that they must ferociously guard..."
So huge, so hard to do these days. Just wanted to raise my hand and let you know another human's out there endeavoring to gain a little more mastery over the treasure that is his consciousness, and doing so because of how lovely it is to do so.
im writing my book longhand
Great column and particularly this line: "...they fundamentally misunderstand, and so skew, what was so meaningful about all of this stuff to begin with: art, writing, task-completion, communication, you name it..." I look at art now online and I don't know if it's real or not! Thanks, Chuck!