The Art of Waiting

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April 7, 2020 a project of ServiceSpace Waiting, as represented by silences, gaps, and distance, allows us the capacity to imagine that which does not yet exist and, ultimately, innovate into those new worlds as our knowledge expands. - - Jason Farman - The Art of Waiting ""Time is the substance I am made of," Borges wrote in his spectacular confrontation with time, "Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire." We are indeed creatures of time who live with it and in it, on the picketed patch of spacetime we have each been allotted. But if time is the foundational baseboard of our being, what happens to the structure of our lives in a culture of doing? That is what Jason Farman explores in Delayed Response: The Art of Waiting." Maria Popova shares more in this post. { read more } Be The Change During this period where much of the world is sheltering at home, how might you shift your relationship to waiting? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News One Teacher's Brilliant response to Columbine Moshe Feldenkrais: Learn to Learn Children, Anger Control and Inuit Wisdom To Keep Company With Oneself I Wish My Teacher Knew... The Inner Shield Against Covid-19 How to Unhijack Your Mind from Your Phone 12 Truths I Learned from Life and Writing DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 247,963 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More