Pinboard (robertogreco) https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/public/ recent bookmarks from robertogreco Françoise Vergès: The world is made through struggle - YouTube 2026-05-31T00:36:05+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc4s1qu8IP8 robertogreco françoisevergès 2026 larasheehi jaredball bananas collegefootball atlanta palestine mississippi louisiana lsu alabama economics society slavery enslavement bananarepublics newguinea imperialism empire colonialism colonization agribusiness pesticides insecticides chlordecone cloredecone antilles plantations sexualviolence repression environment monoctultures water land sexuality josephinebaker braning gap thegap race racism science consumption consumerism art politics swest socialscience socialsciences mentalhealth universityofgeorgia georgia corporatism capital bomanijones stevengodfrey culture decentering algeria réuniuon elsalvador feminism antiracism gaza anticapitalism activism decolonization decolonialism france museums decolonialfeminism segmentation anticolonialism anticolonialstruggle state police policing power domination stuggle coercion resistance settlers frantzfanon spatiality temporality globalsouth militarism patriarchy liberalism bodies gender flesh masculinity femininity consent poll https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:3857278d02e2/ The Secret of the Third Monk by Tish Harrison Warren 2026-05-11T01:20:17+00:00 https://www.plough.com/en/topics/faith/discipleship/the-secret-of-the-third-monk robertogreco tishharrisonwarren 2026 monks solitude civilization society gpd justice work labor production productivity culture time purpose life living beauty worth value humanity limits silence selfcare https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:607263959b17/ Episode 607 – Christopher Brown – The Virtual Memories Show 2026-04-20T00:17:54+00:00 https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-607-christopher-brown robertogreco“I wanted to combine the nature writing style I had been riffing on in my FIELD NOTES newsletter, with the potential for lyrical, descriptive translation of the richness of the world into language, and also provide an effective information delivery vehicle, like classic American non-fiction, and then telling a story in a way that a novel or a good memoir tells a story.” With his phenomenal new book, A NATURAL HISTORY OF EMPTY LOTS: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys and Other Wild Places (Timber Press), Christopher Brown shifts from novels into a new mode and I am HERE for it. We talk about the eco-cosmos of East Austin, TX, the years of observation that opened him to the hidden pockets of wildness in urban environments, why solitude in nature is a myth, what we have to gain from taking a long walk, Long Time vs. the short presence of Anglos in Texas, how 2020’s lockdown turned off global capitalism and showed how society might truly change, and how this book mutated from when we talked about it at Readercon 2023. We get into Bruce Sterling’s unforgettable critique of his writing, the process of turning a narrative of colonization into one of decolonization, (eco)psychogeography & the Situationists, why he (begrudgingly) brought the personal/memoiristic into the book and how it helped him come to terms with himself, and what a workshop with horror writers taught him about the truth-telling power of non-redemptive storytelling. We also discuss the design flaws of the agricultural revolution, how his readers in different regions respond to his FIELD NOTES newsletter, the nature of mysticism and writing a narrative about transcending the self, hiking a Massachusetts marsh in summer with Jeff VanderMeer, and plenty more. Give it a listen! And go read A NATURAL HISTORY OF EMPTY LOTS!
“Solitude in nature is a myth. What you find in nature is a much deeper connection with all this other life around you, a connection that precedes language and the alienation that’s embodied in language.”
“To me, the most dramatic lesson of COVID wasn’t how much of nature was out there, hiding in plain sight, but the possibility of change, the immediate, sudden change in how we live and work, the idea that global capitalism could be completely turned off for weeks at a time.”
“Preoccupation with planning for the future is tied up with that preoccupation with accumulating surplus to survive the season and all the unhealthy things that produces, even if that’s the killer app of our civilization.”
“The narrower the aperture, the more plausible the ambition.”
"]]> christopherbrown psychogeography situationist 2024 austin solitude naturalhistory nature wildlife morethanhuman multispecies animals plants https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:b719c1af376b/ Ten years of "Alaska": Maggie Rogers on going viral and singing for 200,000 protestors - YouTube 2026-04-18T04:31:04+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK5y9N1kuNk robertogreco maggierogers 2026 music songwriting musicmaking pharrell charlieharding switchedonpop fame lyrics virality stephencolbert activism art fear protest rest creativity writing collaboration howwewrite howwework protestsongs hope artmaking courage well-being wellbeing oppression donaldtrump freespeech utopia resistance dancing community solidarity togetherness social meaning meaningmaking systems change adaptability innovation growth life living meditation slow time productivity stockandflow rejuvenation goals work divinityschool gradschool society education conviviality solitude process prince spirituality joanbaez https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:af8943c86286/ Tanhā & Our Modern Consumerism – On my Om 2026-03-14T05:24:06+00:00 https://om.co/2026/03/13/tanha-our-modern-consumerism/ robertogreco ommalik consumerism consumption buddhism tanhā fountainpens shopping familiarity craving loneliness solitude desire https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:c198650d508b/ Consider the Snail — The Dial 2026-01-04T02:29:30+00:00 https://www.thedial.world/articles/literature/lauren-bastide-essay robertogreco laurenbastide 2025 snails slow slowness solitude death hibernation estivation strangeness laurenelkin https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:de48cc10275c/ The Swiss Watch Industry Needs Bernhard Lederer's Philosophy 2026-01-02T12:57:08+00:00 https://www.beyondthedial.com/post/bernhard-lederers-watchmaking-philosophy-could-liberate-the-swiss-watch-industry/ robertogreco watches watchmaking 2025 lederer philosophy bernhardlederer philippedufour fpjourne karivoutilainen laurentferrier wittgenstein sunryusuzuki zen zenbuddhism aesthetics solitude independence sincerity stectacle thought elegance fascination attention mechanics phenomenology watchcanon socialmedia panerai breguet vacheronconstantin rolex switzerland johncoltrane charlieparker jazz music detentescapement humility slowness slow decoration philanthropicindustrialcomplex charitableindustrialcomplex cynicism consumerism consumption art abraham-louisbreguet luxury fashion wonder horology markets innovation marketing hype understanding allenfarmelo escapements watchmovements https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:4ab82130b3ef/ Waiting Is a Revelation - by L. 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Sacasas 2026-01-02T01:24:28+00:00 https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/waiting-is-a-revelation robertogreco2026 time waiting delayedgratification immediacy delivery deliveries blaisepascal distraction presence attention mortality henribergson haroldschweizer psyche psychology irismurdoch simoneweil hans-georggadamer temporality theodoradorno sabbath lingering meaning meaningmaking whatmatters freedom liberation philosophy efficiency optimization amazon resistance friction deliberation reflection economics slow solitude stillness humanism human humans humanity solidarity possibility lmsacasas revalation https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:792090a47e09/ Man of The Cave on Vimeo 2025-12-15T05:59:01+00:00 https://vimeo.com/1124335979 robertogreco yemen solitude isolation socotraisland ivanolita caves 2025 socotra abdullahal-salimellai https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d201ce4dbf7f/ No One Left to Talk To: Loneliness in the Age of Algorithmic Capitalism | by Jesse MacKinnon | Aug, 2025 | Medium 2025-08-20T18:09:51+00:00 https://medium.com/@mackinnon.jesse/no-one-left-to-talk-to-loneliness-in-the-age-of-algorithmic-capitalism-e33e10946bc2 robertogrecoai artificialintelligence automation technology intermediation human humanism community solitude loneliness 2025 society patriarchy friendship leisure childhood algorithms capitalism vulnerability markets civics schools education neighborhoods labor work civiclife neoliberalism economics economy talkradio cablenews solidarity isolation monetization competition connection politics policy culture fear crime relationships engagement understanding online internet web chatbots neighborliness gender time money families childcare liberation exhaustion commuting commutes social sociallife pleasure artleisure leisurearts captivity digital privatization safety freedom children affection facebook meta scarcity recognition attention companionship intimacy environment platforms church churches belonging austerity alienation information grievance manhood masculinity joerogan andrewtate tiktok soundbites spectacle identity mentorship mentors resilience stubbornness unions workers embodiement disembodiment growth consumption https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:66ec2a3b8f00/ Author Pico Iyer finds his escape in solitude. You can too : NPR 2025-07-12T17:38:36+00:00 https://www.npr.org/2025/06/13/g-s1-72352/this-bestselling-author-finds-his-greatest-escape-in-solitude-and-you-can-too robertogreco picoiyer 2025 escape solitude stillness travel modernity https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:920e039f1a60/ Is modern asceticism about conformity or quiet revolution? | Psyche Ideas 2025-05-02T03:30:14+00:00 https://psyche.co/ideas/is-modern-asceticism-about-conformity-or-quiet-revolution robertogreco asceticism slow small irynamykhailova 2025 wittgenstein marieskłodowska-curie alberteinstein luxury humanitarianism humanity popejuliusii medici michelangelo simoneweil solitude solidarity oppressed voluntarysimplicity simplicity minimalism philosophy geoffreygaltharphman freud maxweber christianity protestantism abundance technology capitalism frugality self-discipline virtues virtue us europe modernization modernity pierrehadot ascetics stoicism askesis mysticism religion hermeticism zealotry zealots poverrty celibacy torture starvation lifestyle divinity society politiics consumerism consumption apathy escapism idology plato citizenship girolamosavonarola renaissance secularism socrates materialism digitaldetox veganism environment michelfoucault foucault monasticism decluttering flourishing sustainability well-being compassion earth planet thoreau proseperity austerity valuse fairness equality wellbeing slowfood https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:e1de85008430/ Mysticism Without Transcendence? Laruelle’s 'Vision-in-One' with Jeremy R. Smith - YouTube 2025-04-21T04:53:29+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDoocDoMtfk robertogreco françoislaruelle acidhorizon philosophy spirituality 2025 neoplatonism dialectics jeremysmith transcendence doctrine left lephthand solitude immanence irreducibility sacredness knowing livedexperience theory unlearnedknowing alexandergalloway simoncritchley mckenziewark tayloradkins anthonypaulsmith eugenethacker alexdubilet gnosis gnosticism nicolamasciandaro gillesgrelet hegel heidegger johnómaoilearca katerinakolozova katarinakolozova christology pedagogy education non-photography hell non-philosophy christ jesuschrist jesus soul presense being existence mysticism meaning meaningmaking humaneity humans human humanity learnedignorance unteaching howweknow nicolasmalebranche knowledge christianity theology politics religion logic logics teresaofávila teresadejesús craiglaubach https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:f9c45ee30d2d/ Here Come the Allodidacts - by William Deresiewicz 2025-03-10T00:55:21+00:00 https://www.the-hinternet.com/p/here-come-the-allodidacts robertogreco 2025 humanities universities colleges highered highereducation allodidacts lioneltrilling culture education matthewstrother markgreif deepspringscollege nietzsche villarubinacci thecatherineproject bertawillisch examinedlife philosophy reading howweread generalists slow ursulaleguin davidneidorf teaching howweteach learning howwelearn pedagogy sensibility perspective literature social companionship loneliness despair solitude matthewstrothercenter danieloppenheimer juliannewerlin institutions zephyrinstitute brooklyninstitute tedgioia matthewcrawford williamderesiewicz yaschamounk outercoastcollege brooklyninstituteforsocialresearch attention community enaalvarado franklineccher brianhamilton benjaminlaufer gabriellaokigbo carolineyoung autodidacts autodidactism allodidactism ursulakleguin microcolleges https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:2561a5445f1c/ For Hannah Arendt, totalitarianism is rooted in loneliness | Aeon Essays 2025-02-10T20:21:08+00:00 https://aeon.co/essays/for-hannah-arendt-totalitarianism-is-rooted-in-loneliness robertogreco hannaharendt totalitarianism solitude loneliness authoritarianism psychology culture society samantharosehill 2020 politics government https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:7e5951e43de6/ Lifestyle: 33 Ways To Improve Your Life, Japanese Style | The Journal | MR PORTER 2025-01-12T00:56:46+00:00 https://www.mrporter.com/en-us/journal/lifestyle/life-lessons-people-tokyo-japan-style-food-24538500 robertogreco japan culture 2023 society behavior small slow nature quality rules strangers spontaneity shoes food customs values reliaility bathing cleanliness garbage animism shinto ahintoism clothing possessions care caring maintenance collectivism trash minimalism cities tokyo urban urbanism discipline buddhism monks seasons time cycles life living inspiration respect phones variety rice mindfulness otaku shopping details attention noticing happiness solitude silence https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:3fcccef03490/ When the Prince of Heaven Sleeps – Roger Reeves 2024-12-14T23:12:01+00:00 https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/when-the-prince-of-heaven-sleeps/ robertogreco rogerreeves 2024 sleep time photography dmx miketyson johncoltrane muhammadali being everyday princeofheaven thoreau waldenpond animals pigeons chores homemaking solitude reflection reaction tonimorrison earlsimmons ruffryder darkmanx intimacy alovesupreme frankkofsky sonnyliston photographs photos normanmailer kennorton georgeforeman deerlake capitalism music jazz boxing domesticity human-animalrelations human-animalrelationships multispecies morethanhuman dishwashing greenhouses gardening https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:03654a76c9e8/ Solitude can be profoundly restorative. Here’s how to savour it | Psyche Ideas 2024-11-03T22:44:21+00:00 https://psyche.co/ideas/solitude-can-be-profoundly-restorative-heres-how-to-savour-it robertogreco thuy-vynguyen 2024 solitude psychology escape self-care thinking howwethink nature attention environment emotionregulation self-regulation ritual https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:2e36200ab303/ Why main character syndrome is philosophically dangerous | Aeon Essays 2024-10-06T23:29:14+00:00 https://aeon.co/essays/why-main-character-syndrome-is-philosophically-dangerous robertogreco 2024 annagotlib self-centeredness perspective love solipsism narcissism sociopaths sociopathy ethics longtermists psychology humanity climatechange nuclear\war time self anonymity solitude boredom lostness erichfromm loving small slow technology technosolutionism longevity immortality mortality significance insignificance harryfrankfurt albertcamus mcs aleksandarfatic theoryofmind stories storytelling emforster npcs williammacAskill petersinger effectivealtruism politics academia exceptionalism ashleyward michaelwetter socialmedia online internet hildelindemann narrative narratives identity interdependence individualism philosophy maincharactersyndrome tiktok davidchalmers xkcd randallmonroe self-importance camus tescreal nerdreich singularity singularitarianism extropianism rationalism cosmism longtermism transhumanism extroprianism capitalism fascism technofascism https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:512e9bae5e2c/ Hungry Ghosts of the Attention Economy - Tricycle: The Buddhist Review 2024-08-16T20:03:24+00:00 https://tricycle.org/article/hungry-ghosts-of-the-attention-economy/ robertogreco nathanielgallant 2024 byung-chulhan buddhism zenbuddhism burnout boredom patience attention mediation contemplation slow stillness margarettalbot stsuzuki philosophy solitude identity selfhood emptiness nothingness religion descartes zenjuearthlynmanuel chenxinghan liberation spirituality friendliness relationships mahayana compassion positivity stimulus exhaustion negativity zen https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:29a09cbfbf3f/ utopia & disconnection (pt.2 of the third place series) 2024-08-14T20:20:50+00:00 https://www.patriciamou.com/newsletter-archive/utopian-cities-and-disconnection-pt-2-of-the-third-place-series robertogreco 2020 patriciamou 2021 thirdspaces bature wellbeing libraries solitude cities urban urbanism sfcommons thirdplaces well-being https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:428d8f9585da/ a manifesto: the next era of third spaces as crucibles for meaning-making 2024-08-14T20:07:29+00:00 https://www.patriciamou.com/newsletter-archive/a-manifesto-the-next-era-of-third-spaces-as-crucibles-for-meaning-making robertogreco patriciamou 2020 thirdspaces churches society loneliness meaning meaningmaking communion church secularism interconnected interconnectedness community history coffeehouses vienna paris salons agoras athens stoas bathouses civics identity clubs bookclubs programming sfcommons religion spirituality solitude sensemaking thirdplaces cafes coffeeshops makingsense https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d66a8e408f8a/ What Hannah Arendt proposed as an alternative to authenticity | Aeon Essays 2024-07-19T16:01:41+00:00 https://aeon.co/essays/what-hannah-arendt-proposed-as-an-alternative-to-authenticity robertogreco hannaharendt 2024 identity authenticity samantharosehill ideas values beliefs meaning meaningmaking self knowing unknowing solitude self-belonging belonging uncertainty freedom staugustine willing will individuation disharmony existence heidegger jean-paulsartre sartre albertcamus camus existentialism carmenleadege everyday karljaspers rousseau simonedebeauvoir saintaugustine augustine sensemaking augustineofhippo makingsense https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:92226c206583/ Wild Saints and Holy Fools - JSTOR Daily 2024-05-30T18:07:48+00:00 https://daily.jstor.org/wild-saints-and-holy-fools/ robertogreco history christianity 2024 ameliasoth solitude cities urban urbanism deserts judithadler ascetics evagriusofpontus jesseperillo standreas raphael athanasiusofalexandria jamesmckinnon darlenbrookshedstrom oliverfreiberger monks social civilization community communities https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:bd7bfe15b38d/ The Ambling Mind - by L. 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Sacasas - The Convivial Society 2024-05-09T04:17:45+00:00 https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/the-ambling-mind robertogrecolmsacasas 2024 walking solviturambulando kierkegaard marilyoppezzo interdependence nietzsche thinking howwethink writing howwewrite nickhunt speed modernity jerrybrown ivanillich scale wernerherzog solitude silence stillness humility perseverance charity slow slowness raybradbury craigmod chrisarnade caminodesantiago kosukekoyama kaibrach micheldecerteau fahrenheit451 danielschwartz audreywatters charities philanthropy https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d6a99fd1f22e/ The divided self: does where I live make me who I am? | Psyche Ideas 2024-04-06T18:51:48+00:00 https://psyche.co/ideas/the-divided-self-does-where-i-live-make-me-who-i-am robertogreco anandimishra place home belonging culture 2024 identity memoir jamesbaldwin germany socialcodes delhi india communalism collectivism individualism isolation interdependence frankfurt agnèsvarda solitude community wienerfeinbäcker janejacobs urban urbanism cities complexity via:daniellucas paris https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:42394ba5bcbe/ Desire, Dopamine, and the Internet - by L. 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Sacasas 2024-03-24T02:39:43+00:00 https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/desire-dopamine-and-the-internet robertogreco lmsacasas 2024 desire dopamine addiction socialmedia tedgioia technology internet web online distraction history responsibility culture society resistance solitude attention discipline self-discipline engagement restraint vulnerability risk risktaking silence smartphones digital media environment digitalmedia personhood humans compulsion annalembke hannarharendt loneliness blaisepascal alanjacobs dualism dualities duality relationships abundance modernity hartmutrosa superabundance well-being conviviality philiprieff anti-culture deepculture reality scarcity information wellbeing https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:cacb781c0ef0/ An Honest Living: A Memoir of Peculiar Itineraries with Steven Salaita - YouTube 2024-03-14T18:34:25+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eegzTvPT6xY robertogreco stevensalaita millennialsarekillingcapitalism 2024 academia highered highereducation palestine israel colleges universities zionism capitalism anxiety quiet socialpressure socialfunctions cliques labor work antizionism solitude grace jaredware oppression repression censorship principles solidarity media circumspection rulingclass brandequity radicalism orthodoxy careerism socialmedia compromises medialiteracy gatekeeping tastemakers activism scholars scholarship promotion education socialcapital cliquishness decolonization kinship community ostracism exposure mainstreammedia transactionalrelationships aspirations branding personalbranding audience ideas discussion debate networking values transactional conversation organizing presence onlinepresence internet online culture algorithms attention consumerism 2014 2017 ulteriormotives motivation politics workplacepolitics workplace left socialdemocrats exploitation sensationalism snitching snitches busdriving schoolbus children language immigrants us unemployment https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:7dcf0578ec40/ Birds Do Not Sing in Caves - YouTube 2024-02-08T18:29:33+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgXgkpu7pkg robertogreco thoreau solitude slow small intentionalliving distraction attention philosophy waldenpond society life living simplicity conformity minimalism voluntarysimplicity technology self-reliance self-knowledge civilization happiness existence fulfillment ignorance materialism capitalism self-exploration purpose finance commerce self howwelive norms culture self-examination personhood transcendentalism humanism humanity thinking howwethink oppression systems systemsthinking constructs whatmatters context reality cities urban urbanism economics traps awakeness awakening humanresources supplychains markets circuits closedloops rural heidegger https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:5691284e2387/ An Exciting Time - The Loaf, with Tim Kreider 2024-02-02T15:45:14+00:00 https://timkreider.substack.com/p/an-exciting-time robertogreco timekreider 2024 writing howwewrite attention recluses solitude publishing kenkesy huntersthompson trumancapote thomaspynchon jdsalinger excitement books bookreleases ambition fame modesty nietzsche karlmarx ovid seneca howweread howwethink thinking appreciation halfoster raybradbury self-promotion readers harlanellison celebrity performance nellgreenfieldboyce megthompson correspondence conversation acknowledgement https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:7565c346aa7f/ A Conversation on Creating Art in Diaspora [Rupy C. Tut and Maya Salameh] - YouTube 2023-10-25T01:25:43+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM80XaAWC5I robertogreco 2023 rupytut mayasalameh diaspora art identity self homeland belonging immigration migration refugees india syria poetry displacement home roots land culture connection families ancestors patriarchy storytelling oratory oration california bridging technology surveillance history anthropology time skill craft practice process unlearning spirituality patience howwework capitalism rupyctut collecting assemblage bricolage artsists familyhistory extraction ritual bridges loneliness solitude openness betweenness inbetween interest imperfection form painting preservation technique legacy sandiego privilege inbetweenness between https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:93da30ec6d28/ Opinion | No, I Don’t Want to Go for a Walk With You - The New York Times 2023-09-20T22:56:52+00:00 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/20/opinion/walk-and-talk-meetings.html robertogreco lydiapolgreen walking 2023 companionship meetups intimacy aimplessness gettinglost solitude gettogethers rebeccasolnit tejucole colsonwhitehead conversation talking eyecontact meetings stevejobs nietzsche charlesdickens solviturambulando lcd virginiawoolf https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:6c911d3ab5b1/ Tehching Hsieh - Wikipedia 2023-09-03T23:52:29+00:00 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehching_Hsieh robertogreco tehchinghsieh art struggle time artists stevenshaviro work solitude homelessness exposure humanrelations life living https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:bd5edfdf030f/ Nick Estes on the New Age to Nazi pipeline - YouTube 2023-06-07T01:05:05+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyV1FIkosZ4 robertogreconickestes therednation religion belief newage latinamerica us politics solitude belonging spirituality 2023 nazis nazism newagemovements liberationtheology spiritualism tradition atheism secularism solidarity indigenous indigeneity rednation https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:95b629d815de/ You Are You. We Live Here. This is Now. - Freddie deBoer 2023-03-30T06:16:43+00:00 https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/you-are-you-we-live-here-this-is robertogreco freddiedeboet socialmedia online solitude happiness loneliness risk fear acceptance self identity internet web psychology addiction algorithms life living love loving disconnection resignation relationships relating social humanism humanity technology feeling feelings elotions children childhood tiktok resilience parenting helicopterparents snowplowparents adversity emotions avoidance anxiety seclusion depression belonging conflict helicopterparenting https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:b0c7c3b9f59e/ Tending to the transient and the overlooked | FoAM 2023-03-01T20:50:54+00:00 https://fo.am/wabisabi-route/ robertogreco transient overlooked maintenance care repair immersion attunement landing noticing idleness slow small allthesenses multisensory unfinished wandering hesitation resistance patience unfolding waiting watching observation receptivity solitude ritual being morethanhuman objects multispecies liminality liminal transitions inbetweenness ephemeral ephemerality poetics poetry reflection meditation pause wabi-sabi betweenness inbetween between https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:1cce72f57cfe/ The American Scholar: Solitude and Leadership - William Deresiewicz 2022-05-01T14:56:01+00:00 https://theamericanscholar.org/solitude-and-leadership/ robertogreco williamderesiewicz via:anne leadership education conformity tcsnmy risk risktaking learning culture life philosophy bureaucracy business careers change military management administration solitude concentration thinking independence multitasking howwethink 2010 slow criticalthinking focus attention thomasmann writing tseliot associations jamesjoice highered highereducation cognition distraction memory understanding studying efficiency https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:781d92a5908a/ Gnamma #7 - The Teacher's Imposition 2019-02-20T22:24:56+00:00 https://tinyletter.com/gnamma/letters/gnamma-7-the-teacher-s-imposition robertogreco lukaswinklerprins teaching howweteach parkerpalmer education paradox 2019 indoctrination ivanillich exploration boundaries openness hospitality individualism collectivism community silence speech support solitude disciplines tradition personalization unschooling deschooling canon https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:39f35f50c89e/ The Old Man and the Seaweed: The Life of Dr. Ryan Drum Film Movie Trailer - YouTube 2018-01-07T23:00:13+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVGP8DeOI1s robertogreco via:vruba waldronisland film towatch ryandrum life resistance regret failure approval well-being 2014 herbalists nature work labor health wageslavery davidkaufman waldron purity solitude society interconnectedness interdependence simplicity living consumerism backtotheland seclusion satisfaction careers ratrace freedom glennagel capitalism anarchism interconnected interconnectivity wellbeing https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:0b00ee72a589/ Happiness Is Other People - The New York Times 2017-11-12T19:07:17+00:00 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/opinion/sunday/happiness-is-other-people.html robertogreco happiness psychology culture 2017 solitude ruthwhippman anxiety individualism society community self-care https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:f80fe4888722/ Letter of Recommendation: Ghosting - The New York Times 2017-08-05T07:01:44+00:00 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/magazine/letter-of-recommendation-ghosting.html robertogreco antiblackness poc blackness ghosting 2017 meditation self-improvement reltionships digitalage connectedness answerability emotions flight freedom provacy solitude inwardness attention communication isolation kinship disappearance https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:78b2f02c0055/ Leap Before You Look 2016-12-17T05:02:34+00:00 https://notes.pinboard.in/u:coreycaitlin/bbd7996d1b7b6c7ad6ca robertogreco whauden poetry leapbeforeyoulook love danger fear solitude conformism courage safety 1940 auden https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:6877d4cc8c90/ The Bliss Station 2016-07-22T21:14:00+00:00 http://austinkleon.com/2016/07/21/the-bliss-station/ robertogrecoYou must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers that morning, you don’t know who your friends are, you don’t know what you owe anybody, you don’t know what anybody owes to you. This is a place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be. This is the place of creative incubation. At first you may find that nothing happens there. But if you have a sacred place and use it, something eventually will happen. My wife pointed out to me that Campbell says you must have a room OR a certain hour — whether Campbell really meant this or not, she suggested that maybe it’s possible that a bliss station can be not just a where, but a when. Not just a sacred space, but also a sacred time. The deluxe package would be having both a special room and a special hour that you go to it, but we started wondering whether one would make up for not having the other. For example, say you have a tiny apartment that you share with small children. There’s no room for your bliss station, there’s only time: When the kids are asleep or at school or day care, even a kitchen table can be turned into a bliss station. Or, say your schedule is totally unpredictable, and a certain time of day can’t be relied upon — that’s when a dedicated space that’s ready for you at any time will come in handy. What’s clear is that it’s healthiest if we make a daily appointment to disconnect from the world so that we can connect with ourselves. “Choose the time that’s good for you,” says Francis Ford Coppola. “For me, it’s early morning because I wake up, and I’m fresh, and I sit in my place. I look out the window, and I have coffee, and no one’s gotten up yet or called me or hurt my feelings.” The easiest way I get my feelings hurt by turning on my phone first thing in the morning. And even on the rare occasion I don’t get my feelings hurt, my time is gone and my brains are scrambled. “Do not start your day with addictive time vampires such as The New York Times, email, Twitter,” says Edward Tufte. “All scatter eye and mind, produce diverting vague anxiety, clutter short term memory.” Every morning I try to fight the urge, but every morning my addiction compels me. “The new heroin addiction is connectivity,” says V. Vale. “The only solution is not one that most people want to face, which is to become lovers of solitude and silence… I love to spend time alone in my room, and in my ideal world the first hour of every day would be in bed, writing down thoughts, harvesting dreams, before anyone phones or you have any internet access.” Kids, jobs, sleep, and a thousand other things will get in the way, but we have to find our own sacred space, our own sacred time. “Where is your bliss station?” Campbell asked. “You have to try to find it.”"]]> 2016 austinkleon josephcampbell time space solitude aloneness francisfordcoppola vvale attention socialmedia howweowork connectivity internet web online addiction silence mobile phones focus workspaces distraction https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:f16f060922fb/ Kurt Hahn - Wikipedia 2016-04-06T00:24:28+00:00 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Hahn#Six_Declines_of_Modern_Youth robertogreco kurthahn learning youth fitness health skill care self-discipline memory imagination consumerism spectatoritis locomotion williamtemple stimulation expeditions projects projectbasedlearning self-discovery howwelearn outwardbound unitedworldcolleges collaboration competition nature outdoors solitude reflection compassion service servicelearning howweteach education pedagogy experientiallearning experience success failure empathy caring responsibility https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:7677e92b7ced/ - Wonderful passage on NYC #centralpark designer,... 2015-12-30T03:08:07+00:00 http://blog.triciawang.com/post/136185369956/wonderful-passage-on-nyc-centralpark-designer robertogreco triciawand rebeccasolnit thoreau fredericklawolmstead johnmuir landscape naure society purity socialengineering space openspace publicspace cities urban urbanism centralpark nyc manhattan culture experience earthmoving refuge solitude https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:5862532f5123/ Hot Allostatic Load – The New Inquiry 2015-12-26T21:53:19+00:00 http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/hot-allostatic-load/ robertogrecoThere are no activist communities, only the desire for communities, or the convenient fiction of communities. A community is a material web that binds people together, for better and for worse, in interdependence. If its members move away every couple years because the next place seems cooler, it is not a community. If it is easier to kick someone out than to go through a difficult series of conversations with them, it is not a community. Among the societies that had real communities, exile was the most extreme sanction possible, tantamount to killing them. On many levels, losing the community and all the relationships it involved was the same as dying. Let’s not kid ourselves: we don’t have communities. —The Broken Teapot, Anonymous" People crave community so badly that it constitutes a kind of linguistic virus. Everything in this world apparently has a community attached to it, no matter how fragmented or varied the reality is. This feels like both wishful thinking in an extremely lonely world (trans fems often have a community-shaped wound a mile wide) and also the necessary lens to convert everything to profit. Queerness is a marketplace. Alt is a marketplace. Buy my feminist butt plugs.
The dream of an imaginary community that allows total identification with one’s role within it to an extent that rules out interiority or doubt, the fixity and clearness of an external image or cliche as opposed to ephemera of lived experience, a life as it looks from the outside. —Stephen Murphy
These idealized communities require disposability to maintain the illusion—violence and ostracism against the black/brown/trans/trash bodies that serve as safety valves for the inevitable anxiety and disillusionment of those who wish “total identification”. Feminism/queerness takes a vague disposability and makes it a specific one. The vague ambient hate that I felt my whole life became intensely focused—the difference between being soaked in noxious, irritating gasoline and having someone throw a match at you. Normal hate means someone and their friends being shitty toward you; radical hate places a moral dimension onto hate, requiring your exclusion from every possible space—a true social death." … "There is immense pressure on trans people to engage in this form of complaint if they want access to spaces—but we, with our higher rates of homelessness, joblessness, lifelessness, lovelessness, are the most fragile. We are the glass fems of an already delicate genderscape. Purification is meaningless because anyone can perform these rituals—an effigy burnt in digital. And their inflexibility provides a place where abuse can thrive—a set of rules which abusers can hold over their victims. Deleuze wrote, “The problem is no longer getting people to express themselves, but providing little gaps of solitude and silence in which they might eventually find something to say. Repressive forces don’t stop people from expressing themselves, but rather, force them to express themselves. What a relief to have nothing to say, the right to say nothing, because only then is there a chance of framing the rare, or ever rarer, the thing that might be worth saying.” >> ENDING People talk about feminism and queerness the way you’d apologize for an abusive relationship. This isn’t for the people who are benefiting from these spaces and have no reason to change. This is for the people who were exiled, the people essays aren’t supposed to be written for. This is to say, you didn’t deserve that. That even tens or hundreds or thousands of people can be wrong, and they often are, no matter how much our socially constructed brains take that as a message to lie down and die. That nothing is too bad, too ridiculous, too bizarre to be real when it comes to making marginalized people disappear. Ideology is a sick fetish. RESISTING DISPOSABILITY — Let marginalized people be flawed. Let them fuck up like the Real Humans who get to fuck up all the time. — Fight criminal-justice thinking. Disposability runs on the innocence/guilt binary, another category that applies dynamically to certain bodies and not others. The mob trials used to run trans people out of communities are inherently abusive, favor predators, and must be rejected as a process unequivocally. There is no kind of justice that resembles hundreds of people ganging up on one person, or tangible lifelong damage being inflicted on someone for failing the rituals of purification that have no connection to real life. — Pay attention when people disappear. Like drowning, it’s frequently silent. They might be blackmailed, threatened, and/or in shock. — Even if the victim doesn’t want to fight (which is deeply understandable—often moving on is the only response), private support is huge. This is the time to make sure the wound doesn’t become infected, that the PTSD they acquire is as minimized as possible. This is the difference between a broken leg healing to the point where they can run again, or walking with a limp for the rest of their life. They’ve just been victim-blamed by a huge number of people, and as a social organism, their body is telling them to die. They need social reintegration, messages of support, and space to heal. — Be extremely critical about what people say about trans people, especially things said in vagueness. The rumor mill that keeps trans people out of spaces isn’t even so much about people believing what is said, it’s about people choosing the safest option—a staining that plays on the average person’s risk aversion. — Ask yourself if the same thing would be happening if they were white/cis/able-bodied. — “Radical inclusivity recognizes harm done in the name of God.” —Yvette Flunder Marginalized spaces can’t form healthy community purely from rejection of the mainstream. There has to be an acknowledgment of how people have been hurt by feminist spaces and their models. — A common enemy isn’t the same as loving each other. — Don’t be part of spaces that place an ideal or “community leader” above people. DREAM On January 18, 2015, I woke up from a dream. It was early morning, still dark. I felt very sad that the dream wasn’t real. I wrote it down, like I’ve written down all my dreams for the last eight years. “She was my abuser. She came to my house on the island. I begged her to stop what she had done, to clear my name. She would not. It had been two years of being abused like a child because of her. I turned to walk deeper into the house. I looked back. She had a knife. She stabbed me. It was the happiest dream of my life. Because finally an abuser had done something to me that people would pay attention to. When I woke up my entire spirit was crushed because I had not been stabbed. I felt the weight of all these years of abuse. I wished so badly I had been stabbed. I pulled the knife out. I wrestled the knife away. I called my friend to come over and help me. I walked along the beach of the island and saw for the first time how PTSD had numbed and corroded every perception I’d had since that August, this debilitating disease. I finally felt the brightness of the air in my lungs, the color of the sand and the waves. It was so beautiful. I just wanted to experience all the things that had been stolen from me.”"]]> porpentine community via:sevensixfive feminism abuse disposability identity interdependence ptsd trauma recovery punishment safety socialmedia call-outculture society culture violence mobbing rape emotionalabuse witchhunts silviafederici damage health communication stigma judithherman terror despair twine laziness trashart trashzines alliyates social socialdynamics stephenmurphy queerness jackiewang complaint complaints power powerlessness pain purity fragility solitude silence ideology canon reintegration integration rejection inclusivity yvetteflunder leadership inclusion marginalization innocence guilt binaries falsebinaries predators gillesdeleuze deleuze https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:4179001952ce/ bell hooks: Buddhism, the Beats and Loving Blackness - The New York Times 2015-12-25T18:41:57+00:00 http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/10/bell-hooks-buddhism-the-beats-and-loving-blackness/ robertogreco bellhooks 2015 georgeyancy buddhism christianity spirituality religion race class patriarchy racism classism mentalillness money greed mentalhealth society capitalism consumerism materialism domination power gender feminism idenity listening love humor martinlutherkingjr cornelwest allies influence homes intellectualism theory practice criticalthinking pedagogy writing children unschooling deschooling teaching howweteach oedagogy solitude workinginpublic publicintellectuals narcissism healing malcolmx blackness whitesupremacy abandonment betrayal anger masculinity markmcleodbethune resistance safety whiteness terror wealth imperialism inequality pathology poverty truth truthfulness sandrabland thichnhathanh activism estrangement everyday humanism humanization humility grace change changemaking transformation canon empowerment composting desire lotteries lorrainehansberry araisininthesun culture trauma sorrow leadership psychology self-determination slow small beatpoets jackkerouac garysnyder beatpoetry ethics https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:a56c47202922/ Kurt Hahn - Wikipedia 2015-09-25T04:42:17+00:00 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Hahn robertogreco kurthahn outwardbound education experience experientialeducation youth self-discovery service compassion solitude reflection nature diversity inclusion collaboration competition success failure empathy caring responsibility learning howwelearn thinking criticalthinking fitness initiative motivation skills care projectbasedlearning inlcusivity inclusivity experientiallearning https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:40e5a209c5e7/ Mow the Lawn - NYTimes.com 2015-06-13T19:09:38+00:00 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/13/opinion/cohen-mow-the-lawn.html robertogreco albertcamus theplague everyday work labor heroism sainthood rogercohen 2015 california happiness slow small sisyphus money fame peerpressure companionship solitude repetition decency camus ordinariness ordinary https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:14b3b49af2a7/ Inspired By Monks, A Writer Embraces His Life Of Solitude : NPR 2015-03-13T20:01:53+00:00 http://www.npr.org/2015/03/12/392564716/inspired-by-monks-a-writer-embraces-his-life-of-solitude robertogreco fentonjohnson interviews thomasmerton solitude aloneness 2015 beauty monasteries being hereandnow now presence https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:9fc817a41a2b/ Silence, Solitude, Laziness and Other Pillars of the Good Life | The Evergreen State College 2014-09-30T21:41:42+00:00 http://www.evergreen.edu/catalog/2014-15/programs/silencesolitudelazinessandotherpillarsofthegoodlife-10909 robertogreco evergreenstatecollege coursedescriptions programdescriptions 2014 consciousness consciousnessstudies education philosophy writing sociology billarney sarahuntington haydencarruth silence solitude laziness leisure leisurearts artleisure https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d5c522141a5d/ When I Was a Child I Read Books by Marilynne Robinson – review | Books | The Observer 2014-08-07T23:29:25+00:00 http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/mar/08/marilynne-robinson-when-child-read-books-review robertogreco marilynnerobinson katekellaway 2012 community lonesomeness loneliness solitude economics christianity https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:fbf067e404d4/ Marilynne Robinson’s ‘When I Was a Child I Read Books’ - NYTimes.com 2014-08-07T23:26:09+00:00 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/books/review/marilynne-robinsons-when-i-was-a-child-i-read-books.html?pagewanted=all robertogreco 2012 andrewdelbanco christianity lonesomeness loneliness solitude isolation presumptions humanism humility grace religion belief marilynnerobinson https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:7657238e5d55/ cityofsound: Essay: 'Designing Finnishness', for 'Out Of The Blue: The Essence and Ambition of Finnish Design' (Gestalten) 2014-05-12T05:39:28+00:00 http://www.cityofsound.com/blog/2014/05/essay-designing-finnishness-for-out-of-the-blue-gestalten.html robertogreco"The press conference is over, and in comes Jari Litmanen, from behind the door. And I looked at his face and I looked at his eyes, and I recognised something in those eyes. And I thought, this is a man with a great willpower. Because he was not shy, not timid, but he was modest. He is not a man who will raise his voice, or bang with his fist on the table and say, ‘We do it this way.’ No, he was more of a diplomat, not wanting to be a leader, but being a leader." [Former AFC Ajax team manager David Endt, on legendary Finnish footballer Jari Litmanen] Finland has proven that it can take care of itself locally and globally. At home, its sheer existence is a tribute to fortitude, guile and determination, never mind the extent to which it has lately thrived. Globally, through Nokia, Kone, Rovio and others, through its diplomatic and political leadership, and through its design scene in general, it has punched well above its weight. Having been a reluctant leader, like Litmanen, will Finland once again step up to help define a new age, a post-industrial or re-industrial age? Unlike 1917, there are few obvious external drivers to force Finns to define Finnishness. So where will the desire for change come from? Finland, and Finnishness, is not immune to the problems facing other European countries; the Eurocrisis, domestic xenophobia, industrial strife. Challenging these is difficult for an engineering culture not yet used to working with uncertainty, and in collaboration. That requires this sense of openness to ambiguity, to non-planning, which is quite unlike the traditional mode of Finnishness. And yet there are also valuable cues in Finnishness, such as in the design—or undesign, as Leonard Koren would have it—of Finnish sauna culture.
"Making nature really means letting nature happen, since nature, the ultimate master of interactive complexity, is organized along principles too inscrutable for us to make from scratch. … Extraordinary baths … are created by natural geologic processes or by composers of sensory stimulation working in an intuitive, poetic, open-minded—undesign—manner." (Koren, ibid.)
Equally, the päiväkoti day-care system demonstrates a learning environment built with an agile structure that can follow where children wish to lead. The role of expertise—and every teacher in Finnish education is a highly-qualified expert—is not to control or enforce a national curriculum, but to react, shape, nurture and inspire. As such it could be a blueprint not only for education generally, but also for developing a culture comfortable with divergent learning, with exploration and experiment, with a broader social and emotional range, and with ambiguity. Chess grandmaster Savielly Tartakower once said “Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do, strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.” Indeed, Finland's early development was driven by tactics—survival, consolidation and then growth in the face of a clear set of "things to do"; defeat the conditions, resist the neighbours, rebuild after war. With that, came success, comfort and then perhaps the inevitable lack of drive. The country is relatively well off and stable, and perhaps a little complacent given the recent accolades. Design in recent years has seen a shift towards the ephemeral and social—interaction design, service design, user experience design, strategic design and so on. Conversely, there has been a return to the physical, albeit altered and transformed by that new modernity, with that possibility of newly hybrid “things”: digital/physical hybrids possessing a familiar materiality yet allied with responsiveness, awareness, and character by virtue of having the internet embedded within. With its strong technical research sector, and expertise in both materials and software, Finland is well-placed. Connect the power of its nascent nanotech research sector—interestingly, derived from its expertise with wood—to a richer Finnish design culture capable of sketching social objects, social services and social spaces and its potential becomes tangible, just as with the 1930s modernism that fused the science and engineering of the day with design in order to produce Artek. Finnish design could be stretched to encompass these new directions, the aforementioned reversals towards openness, ambiguity, sociality, flexibility and softness. Given that unique DNA of Finnishness — both designed and undesigned, both old and young—Finland is at an interesting juncture. The next phase, then, is knowing what to do, despite the appearance of not having anything to do. Buckminster Fuller, a guest at Sitra's first design-led event at Helsinki’s Suomenlinna island fortress in 1968, once said “the best way to predict the future is to design it.” Finland has done this once before; it may be that now is exactly the right time to do it again."]]> finland 2014 design danhill cityofsound sitra buckminsterfuller education strategy culture exploration experimentation ambiguity emergentcurriculumeurope undesign leonardkoren nature complexity simplicity davidendt jarilitmanen unproduct efficiency inefficiency clarity purity small slow sisu solitude silence barnraising helsinki https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:7147498e00d9/ Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 69, Gabriel Garcia Marquez 2014-04-18T21:14:48+00:00 http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/3196/the-art-of-fiction-no-69-gabriel-garcia-marquez robertogreco gabrielgarcíamárquez 1981 interviews colombia writing journalism truth reality fiction literature latinamerica drawing kafka jamesjoyce stories storytelling everyday williamfaulkner imagination biography autobiography politics childhood fantasy magicrealism credibility detail details belief believability responsibility history bricolage collage power solitude flow dreams dreaming inspiration intuition intellectualism translation mexico spanish español gregoryrabassa borders frontiers miguelángelasturias cuba fame friendship film filmmaking relationships consumption language languages reading howweread howwewrite routine familiarity habits gabo https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:b76719aad442/ Quote by Thom Yorke: I want to be alone and I want people to notice ... 2014-02-03T22:03:07+00:00 http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/431052-i-want-to-be-alone-and-i-want-people-to robertogreco attention megustascuandocallas company solitude quiet via:lukeneff thomyorke https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:44f0a1a975bc/ Interrupt the program — Medium 2013-08-06T01:00:29+00:00 https://medium.com/p/66bd9c323630 robertogreco kiostark strangers 2013 intimacy conversation idleness stillness distraction internet attention focus depth messiness curiosity advice solitude awakeness slow time noticing mindfulness observation engagement people life living interruption https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:1b753187dfdd/ Paris Review - The Art of Poetry No. 91, Jack Gilbert 2013-05-11T02:23:54+00:00 http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5583/the-art-of-poetry-no-91-jack-gilbert robertogreco jackgilbert jackspicer allenginsberg anseladams poems poetry writing howwewrite teaching learning dropouts education life living happiness loneliness solitude quiet love children parenting community purpose experience travel livingabroad expatriates business mfa mfas obligations work labor howwework relationships inspiration geraldstern familiarity difference routine process success photography ogdennash aging death organization laziness schedules interviews parisreview nomads nomadism belonging place memory memories forgetting religion belief myths reading howweread mythology sarahfay idleness https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:78bcc19555c8/ Departures, Cont. - Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Atlantic 2013-03-28T06:23:14+00:00 http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/03/departures-cont/274394/ robertogreco paris switzerland language learning ta-nehisicoates 2013 dreams dreaming french france languagelearning languageacquisition solitude cultureclash loneliness belonging safety risk https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:85210d07c0e9/ I'm Unschooled. Yes, I Can Write.: Learning Advice from a Learning Life 2013-03-10T18:41:28+00:00 http://yes-i-can-write.blogspot.com/2013/03/learning-advice-from-learning-life.html robertogreco deschooling learning education idziedesmarais solitude alone mistakes comparisons quitting readiness 2013 howwelearn justenough justintimelearning depth breadth unschooling https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:eb0f50ac5664/ Blank Ways - Tom Loois 2012-09-13T17:38:34+00:00 http://cargocollective.com/tomloois/Blank-Ways robertogreco solitude mentalmaps place mapping maps unknown silence blankways tomloois https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:494c545fbba6/ The Lehrer Affair - The Rumpus.net 2012-07-12T00:07:36+00:00 http://therumpus.net/2012/07/the-lehrer-affair/ robertogreco audience rewards intellectualism blogging solitude knowledge isaacchotiner bobdylan journalism time alecnevala-lee 2012 creativity jonahlehrer https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:c944d0e821f7/ How Silence Works: Emailed Conversations With Four Trappist Monks | The Awl 2012-06-16T02:57:02+00:00 http://www.theawl.com/2012/06/how-silence-works-trappist-monks robertogrecoSometimes I think silence is one way of not letting our differences define who we are for one another.
[T]he habit of silence keeps me from seeking additional noise.
[via Migurski] "If by “complexity” you mean the extraordinary diversification of forms of experience and the myriad ways they meet and interact in the course of living life, all of this is inexpressibly beautiful and it would be hard to see how it could be a challenge to anyone's faith. Probably, by “complexity” you mean rather the perplexing, self-defeating… binds we get ourselves into individually and collectively because of the influence of sin. It is sin that makes the world complicated, and sin comes from us. But if sin comes from in us, then a monk, living in silence and solitude, is sitting in the eye of the storm. My own impression is that life in the world provides many diversions which guard a person from really engaging the battle with sin, and can even render him quite insensible of its existence. Such a person is not so much engaging the complexity of the world as becoming numb to it. In the cloister, on the other hand, you engage the Adversary face to face. It is hard for me to imagine where in the world a person more directly engages “the world in all its complexity” than battling with the very source of evil in one's own heart in the solitude and silence of the cloister. As regards “grappling” with the world, in its present state, I will frankly confide to you two very personal vulnerabilities which would make living outside the cloister very difficult for me. First is my impression of the general formlessness of life in America today. So many people today live without a coherent language, symbol system, tradition, or rituals to give concrete expression to what they believe and so speak of seeking “happiness,” “contentment, “light,” “fulfillment”… The abstract formlessness of how Americans talk about matters of ultimate concern wearies me deeply. The other is the loneliness that characterizes life in America today. Mother Theresa, visiting the U.S. for the first time in the 70s, said she had never seen poverty like what she saw here and she meant the loneliness of Americans. The breakdown and relinquishment of shared value systems and traditions, has left individuals adrift in a private search for God and meaning. This is a terribly lonely way to live. In America, loneliness can become like the blueness of the sky. After a while, people don't think about it anymore."]]> thinking playlist via:litherland silence noise jeremymesiano-crookston monks trappists trappistmonks buddhism complexity simplicity slow attention loneliness sharedvalues meaning meaningmaking happiness contentment fulfillment solitude mothertheresa us culture society https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:db0f724a4787/ I’d Suck at Being a Teen Today — The Good Men Project 2012-02-20T06:09:00+00:00 http://goodmenproject.com/bobblehead-dad/id-suck-at-being-a-teen-today/ robertogreco anxiety stress collegeadmissions search informationaccess childhood socialnetworking socialnetworks solitude quiet highschool jimhigley adolescence connectivity teens 2012 https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:5455a20bc9da/ Collaborative Workspaces: Not All They're Cracked Up to Be - Design - The Atlantic Cities 2012-01-19T22:03:31+00:00 http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2012/01/collaborative-workspaces-not-all-theyre-cracked-be/946/ robertogreco schooldesign classroomdesign 2012 variety adaptability flexibility work attention furniture openstudioproject openstudio lcproject tcsnmy allornothing unintendedconsequences brainstorming collaboration susancain extroverts introverts howwework officedesign architecture design workplace workspace allisonarieff groupthink solitude productivity workspaces https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:55cfbfc3cb8b/ The Rise of the New Groupthink - NYTimes.com 2012-01-15T22:08:03+00:00 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/opinion/sunday/the-rise-of-the-new-groupthink.html?pagewanted=all robertogreco committees susancain socialnetworks socialnetworking online web internet communication proust efficiency howwelearn learning interruption freedom privacy schooldesign lcproject officedesign tranquility distraction meetings thinking quiet brainstorming teamwork introverts stevewozniak innovation mihalycsikszentmihalyi flow cv collaboration howwework groupthink solitude productivity creativity marcelproust https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:e32cadbd0825/ The Joy of Quiet - NYTimes.com 2012-01-03T08:50:14+00:00 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/opinion/sunday/the-joy-of-quiet.html?pagewanted=all robertogreco 2012 philippestarck thinking attention technology quiet silence solitude picoiyer https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:44ad4a6e9fd3/ The American Scholar: The Disadvantages of an Elite Education - William Deresiewicz 2011-11-15T15:39:38+00:00 http://theamericanscholar.org/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/ robertogreco williamderesiewicz 2008 via:jeeves highered highereducation learning unschooling deschooling liberalarts class perpetuation criticalthinking skepticism resistance institutions intellectualism introspection solitude cv self-awareness conformism elites power control racetonowhere purpose vision education colleges universities lapham'squarterly https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:75ea01306cb0/ ‪How To Be Alone‬‏ - YouTube 2011-07-28T22:28:55+00:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7X7sZzSXYs robertogreco alone solitude andeadorfman tanyadavid howto art psychology film animation poetry society stillness loneliness silence acceptance well-being peace wellbeing https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:b51a6edcb128/ Parent-child relationships in the Facebook, cellphone and Skype era - latimes.com 2011-06-07T04:21:38+00:00 http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-parent-tech-connect-20110604,0,217463,full.story robertogreco families parenting connectivity helicopterparents trends universities colleges adulthood society sherryturkle adolescence cellphones mobile phones communication skype texting im facebook solitude barbarahofer helicopterparenting https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:790f6f0465f4/