The true Renaissance person is endowed with panoramic attention.... The habit of noticing the ensemble of everything and its constituent parts is a matter of will, not of innate aptitude. It involves the conscious noticing of things and the gaps that separate and connect them.
In a universe devoid of life, any life at all would be immensely meaningful. We ARE that meaning. __nd what we see, __ays the poet Mary Oliver, __s the world that cannot cherish us, but which we cherish._ As though life itself is the great, universal, unrequited love of all time. But there is even more to this. Deep mystery. We are the universe aware of itself. We let the miracle get lost in distractions. On a planet so rich with living companions, much of humanity sentences itself to solitary confinement. Late at night, I used to lie in my boat listening to radio calls from ships to families ashore. There was only one conversation, and it boils down to, __ love you and I miss you: come home safe._ Connections make us individuals. Ironic, isn__ it? The more connected, the more unique our life becomes_
The View from Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unnatural World
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In a universe devoid of life, any life at all would be immensely meaningful. We ARE that meaning. __nd what we see, __ays the poet Mary Oliver, __s the world that cannot cherish us, but which we cherish._ As though life itself is the great, universal, unrequited love of all time. But there is even more to this. Deep mystery. We are the universe aware of itself. We let the miracle get lost in distractions. On a planet so rich with living companions, much of humanity sentences itself to solitary confinement. Late at night, I used to lie in my boat listening to radio calls from ships to families ashore. There was only one conversation, and it boils down to, __ love you and I miss you: come home safe._ Connections make us individuals. Ironic, isn__ it? The more connected, the more unique our life becomes_
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