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The Unpolluted Mind

September 26, 2018

A few weeks ago my husband sent me an article about how many Instagram users are taking the same photos. The standard photo taken through … Read more

Tags advertising, art, attention, borrowing, creating, Creativity, GPS, ideas, internet, Netflix, remaking, social media, TV

Paying Attention in a Distracted World: On Walking, Kayaking, and Science

July 9, 2016

This past week I’ve changed my dog-walking route. Instead of walking up the street, down the forest trail, and finishing the loop on a (pedestrian-unfriendly) … Read more

Tags attention, automation, distraction, embodied perception, kayaking, learning, Matthew B. Crawford, technology, thinking, tools, walking

Searching for silence

June 26, 2015

6 am is the best time to be up in our neighbourhood, especially on a Sunday morning. Sometimes the rooster across the street crows, but … Read more

Tags attention, city, country, Creativity, gardening, mental health, noise, quiet, silence, space, wilderness, wildness

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