“Absolute attention is prayer“ – Simone Weil

In this ballyhoo century of information overload and the robots coming to render humans into obsolescence, paying attention is now more important tha ever. My own attention is usually divided between visuals and auditory stimulation. Perhaps that’s why a silent house and a quiet inward partner suit me because I supply so much of my own noise.

I wish staring into space or studying the intricacy of light against a cottonwood leaf fluttering in the mid-summer light was on the list of life skills much like cooking a meal, changing a tire, and sewing on buttons.