reekloose

The urgency of slowing down — to find the time and space to think — is nothing new, of course, and wiser souls have always reminded us that the more attention we pay to the moment, the less time and energy we have to place it in some larger context. “Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries,” the French philosopher Blaise Pascal wrote in the 17th century, “and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.” He also famously remarked that all of man’s problems come from his inability to sit quietly in a room alone.

theplumtree:

insightful article on the death of creativity in the current generation of students.

“to be creative, individuals have to be prepared to fail, and to be resilient in the face of rejection. they need to be independent thinkers, self-sustaining and self-reinforcing. biographies of great artists and scientists nearly always start with a prolonged period of zero success and recognition, and this is a huge factor that often rules out many people from being productively creative.”

i’m looking forward to seeing this doc. the trailer looks good, what do you think?