There are the lucky few who zone out their windows and stare at brinks. The faraway intrigue of a forest— how it conspires— or the streaked lines of an ocean fringed by its horizon, or a city with more sky than scrapers, or even the informality of a backyard at dawn. But there are those— my friend and I— who can zone out, quite easily, to whatever’s right in front of us, no matter how unspectacular. A poorly painted wall. Its cracks. The ceiling fan’s chop. A woman on the C train pulling her ponytail through its tie, not once or twice, but six times. Six complete loops; her fingers closing into a claw each time. It’d been months since I’d been to a museum, but watching this woman mechanically tie her hair was softly enormous.
~ Durga Chew-Bose, from “Heart Museum” in Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays
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No….we could co-author the book.
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I’m confident that you and Durga Chew-Bose could deliver the co-authorship with your talent. I would cover the zoned out part.
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I’m with you on the zoning out on whatever is nearby. Like my dog’s eyebrows going up and down while staring at me waiting for a treat.
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Now that, Lisa, is a great moment of observation. I too have noticed that, and it felt a human to human moment.
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Amazing, isn’t it, how the simplest of actions can transfix us?
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Yes. So true. Your comment reminds me of:
Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?”
~ Wislawa Szymborska, translated by Clare Cavanagh
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The map the veins make on my mother’s left hand. Same map since I was yound. I’ll find it in a million other hands.
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Now that’s something.
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. . . and new opportunities are always available for zoning out… just yesterday, I noticed my “pulse” on the medial aspect of my R knee and I just observed it for about ten minutes. A new chapter of self-discovery and relaxation?
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Well now, that depends. If it was a soothing pause, I say Yes.
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the power is in the simple things
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Life is made up of such small joys.
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It sure is.
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Meditation of any kind is simply a practice of focus. Love all the suggestions, may have to focus on my dog a bit more ha! 😌😇
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Yes. Yes it is. Not that I would know from practice but believe it to be true.
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Well if you ever want to try, I’d be happy to teach you my friend ha 😛
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You’d be so frustrated.
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No, not at all!! I’d be excited to think you wanted to!! 😊
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I’m stressing just thinking about it.
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Ha! Go have a drink instead 🙏🏻
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At 7am? OK! That should help.
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Yes I forget the time zone sometimes ha 😬
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I focus on all that is around me, allowing myself moments when I am caught almost hypnotized, by that which I see. But typically, it’s the things no one else would even notice.
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That is a higher form of meditation. I’m sure.
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I love all the comments found here and it got me to thinking… watching a bee bumble away between flowers is one amazing way to zone out…
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Yes. And for me honey bees are hypnotizing. Thanks for sharing.
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I totally get this.. zoning out on activity.. zoning now…
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Good for you. I am a black belt in this area as well.
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