Almost anything you give sustained attention to will begin to loop on itself
Almost anything you give sustained attention to will begin to loop on itself and bloomHenrik KarlssonSep 04, 20255488ShareBrioches and Knife, Eliot Hodgkin, 08/19611.When people talk about the value of paying attention and slowing down, they often make it sound prudish and monk-like. Attention is something we “have to protect.” And we have to “pay”1 attention—like a tribute.But we shouldn’t forget how interesting and overpoweringly pleasurable sustained attention can be. Slowing down makes reality vivid, strange, and hot.Let me start with the most obvious example.As anyone who has had good sex knows, sustained attention and delayed satisfaction are a big part of it. When you resist the urge to go ahead and get what you want and instead stay in the moment, you open up a space…
