The lost art of reading -- latimes.com.
"One must believe in the reality of time. Otherwise one is just dreaming." That's the point precisely, for without time we lose a sense of narrative, that most essential connection to who we are. We live in time; we understand ourselves in relation to it, but in our culture, time collapses into an ever-present now. How do we pause when we must know everything instantly? How do we ruminate when we are constantly expected to respond? How do we immerse in something (an idea, an emotion, a decision) when we are no longer willing to give ourselves the space to reflect?I find myself worried about time these days. There just never seems enough of it to do the things I want to do. I suspect that if the whole 'Canberra' thing does not work out, there will be some drastic re-thinks on where and what I will be doing next year.
I am loving this article. I stumbled across it in my Twitter-travels. Unfortunately I cannot attribute it because I clicked the link several days ago and have only just gotten around to reading it. I love immersing myself in things, but I put them off until I have the time . . . which I rarely have.
Hmmmmm.
