What a timely essay for a world that consumes information and soundbites like an unsupervised child binging on Halloween candy. I eliminated television from my life decades ago but fairly recently found myself examining how many of the newsletters, substacks, informative emails I receive are essential to my navigating my place in the world in the way i would like. . Part of that is noticing how each affects me in the reading of it, what it stirs up in me if anything, asking "does it agitate" as you say, or "does it motivate". Unfortunately most of it does the former.
Your writing is different from most. it can't be swallowed whole but needs to be chewed on, contemplated, digested slowly.
Thank you for the time and effort you put into your writing.
What a timely essay for a world that consumes information and soundbites like an unsupervised child binging on Halloween candy. I eliminated television from my life decades ago but fairly recently found myself examining how many of the newsletters, substacks, informative emails I receive are essential to my navigating my place in the world in the way i would like. . Part of that is noticing how each affects me in the reading of it, what it stirs up in me if anything, asking "does it agitate" as you say, or "does it motivate". Unfortunately most of it does the former.
Your writing is different from most. it can't be swallowed whole but needs to be chewed on, contemplated, digested slowly.
Thank you for the time and effort you put into your writing.
To spiritual nourishment! 🥂