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The quiet art of attention

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865 points billwear | 2 comments | 13 Oct 24 15:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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vunderba ◴[13 Oct 24 18:47 UTC] No.41830480[source]▶
It's a bit heavy on the purple prose (though I was guilty of a very similar writing style in my 20s, and as I got on in life the purity of the idea became more important than its surrounding ornamental structures).

The gist of the article reminds me of a quote from the famous pianist Clara Schumann who would admonish her more virtuosic students for striving to play through passages as rapidly as possible.

"Why hurry over beautiful things? Why not linger and enjoy them?"

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1. keybored ◴[13 Oct 24 20:33 UTC] No.41831339[source]▶
> It's a bit heavy on the purple prose (though I was guilty of a very similar writing style in my 20s, and as I got on in life the purity of the idea became more important than its surrounding ornamental structures).

I can see that.

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2. hackernewds ◴[13 Oct 24 23:43 UTC] No.41832732[source]▶
The ornamentation I think is necessary to let the reader recreate something so ethereal to explain. Like a koan. It benefited me at least.