We may relate to quantity in a similar way. I have a strong tendency to tally and count, and I choose to resist that in parts of life where it's not helpful, like "chores done by me" and "chores done by my partner".
"The list that would correctly, fully capture my year would have to be so infinitely rich that it would transcend what can be enumerated on the page, spoken into words, or packaged as content."
I echo famous sayings that we contain multitudes and infinities, but this is stellar.
I also don't have a strong heuristic for when it's okay to not pay attention to an atrocity outside of your experience and largely your control. I know I maintain a social media feed that has voices that make me a little uncomfortable but also aware of how people are feeling; I try not to block it off completely.
"Practicing New Worlds seems to say that even when you’re in the minority, even when your voice cannot rise over all the noise, practicing your values, and practicing them intentionally, on the small scale can be the beginning of something bigger."
Woah. I was just talking about this as I rode the train from DC to Atlanta, noting that I was inspired to do so from a climate scientist who openly lives her values and crossed the country on Amtrak instead of flying. I noted that I want to demonstrate my values in the same way, and I got some affirmation of that when I randomly saw a friend who moved to DC last year who said he thinks highly of me because of particular activism I maintain.
"I am trying to not lose sight of small moments like that where visioning a better world is just something we do normally"
I enjoyed the graphic novel "Flash Forward" by Rose Eveleth, an extension of their late podcast, for its imagination of new worlds in many dimensions with a variety of short comics. I also enjoy some actual play podcasts like Friends at the Table and Worlds Beyond Number (and the hosts' associated other works) for creating stories with values they hold dear, like anti-capitalism, political revolution, collectivism, queer and racial liberation... It's not the primary focus, but there's a comfort, joy, and trust in that as background to everything they create.
Embarrassingly, I once made a protest sign with a quote from one of those actual play shows' hosts because I found it so moving. I was later told he was quoting something already very famous! But still, the creative can certainly translate to reality.
We may relate to quantity in a similar way. I have a strong tendency to tally and count, and I choose to resist that in parts of life where it's not helpful, like "chores done by me" and "chores done by my partner".
"The list that would correctly, fully capture my year would have to be so infinitely rich that it would transcend what can be enumerated on the page, spoken into words, or packaged as content."
I echo famous sayings that we contain multitudes and infinities, but this is stellar.
I also don't have a strong heuristic for when it's okay to not pay attention to an atrocity outside of your experience and largely your control. I know I maintain a social media feed that has voices that make me a little uncomfortable but also aware of how people are feeling; I try not to block it off completely.
"Practicing New Worlds seems to say that even when you’re in the minority, even when your voice cannot rise over all the noise, practicing your values, and practicing them intentionally, on the small scale can be the beginning of something bigger."
Woah. I was just talking about this as I rode the train from DC to Atlanta, noting that I was inspired to do so from a climate scientist who openly lives her values and crossed the country on Amtrak instead of flying. I noted that I want to demonstrate my values in the same way, and I got some affirmation of that when I randomly saw a friend who moved to DC last year who said he thinks highly of me because of particular activism I maintain.
"I am trying to not lose sight of small moments like that where visioning a better world is just something we do normally"
I enjoyed the graphic novel "Flash Forward" by Rose Eveleth, an extension of their late podcast, for its imagination of new worlds in many dimensions with a variety of short comics. I also enjoy some actual play podcasts like Friends at the Table and Worlds Beyond Number (and the hosts' associated other works) for creating stories with values they hold dear, like anti-capitalism, political revolution, collectivism, queer and racial liberation... It's not the primary focus, but there's a comfort, joy, and trust in that as background to everything they create.
Embarrassingly, I once made a protest sign with a quote from one of those actual play shows' hosts because I found it so moving. I was later told he was quoting something already very famous! But still, the creative can certainly translate to reality.