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For an article about nothing, I wasn't expecting so much of it. I'm afraid that I wasn't able to read the whole thing. My biggest criticism is that I think th
by mikekchar 7y ago
For an article about nothing, I wasn't expecting so much of it. I'm afraid that I wasn't able to read the whole thing. My biggest criticism is that I think there are too many connections drawn at various points. It's one of those things where X led me to Y which led me to Z, but X doesn't really have any bearing on Z at all. Because a path led there, it gives credence to the idea that they are connected, but the only connection is the author. In that way, I found it difficult to read as I felt I was searching for a needle in a haystack. I don't need the author's stream of consciousness in order to do nothing. I have my own. I kept wondering why I am looking at her rose garden and her birds rather than looking at my own.
- parksy 7y agoPersonally I think these types of writings offer valuable opportunity for reflection, I found the stream of thought approach appealing and overall enjoyed the experience of reading this. I think if you have reached a point where you've found your rose garden, that's a beautiful thing and maybe this article and others like it seem less appealing. And I get it can seem contradictory, narcissistic or sacrosanct to want to write (or read) an entire article about something so personal or subjective (and in doing so, add noise to the very noisy environment the author was describing). All valid points of view, which shift in relation to the observer. Read as an essay on culture, I don't think it has a clear thesis beyond a general sensation of defending our time and space. Explored as a meandering journey through a garden of ideas we're given the opportunity to reflect on our own thoughts and feelings - in a way the article shows us some disjoint pieces of the haystack as experienced by the author (in a very blind-men-describing-the-elephant way), and the needle is ourselves. Each to their own ::)
- GrumpyNl 7y agoFriend om mine wrote this book about it. https://andiepeveen.wordpress.com/artofpositivelaziness/ https://andiepeveen.wordpress.com/artofpositivelaziness/
- verelo 7y agoIs “om” a common abbreviation? This is the first time I’m seeing it, i understood, but still new to me. Sorry for the off topic question!
- GonzaloQuero 7y agoI think it might just be a typo on "friend of mine"
- laumars 7y agoThat was my assumption too. Which makes me wonder what the previous poster thought it stood for when he said he understood it.
- verelo 7y agoHa yeah i thought it meant “friend of mine”. And now i read it again i see “mine” is written, so maybe I’m just in wake up brain and not reading right. That was a fun waste of everyone’s time, sorry ha!
- laumars 7y agoIt brought a smile to my face on what has otherwise been a stressful Friday. So I'm grateful :)
- Filligree 7y agoWhat? No, it's a typo.
- keyle 7y agoThis was a fun read. Took me about 1/3 to realise I was reading a woman's work then it became really personal and I could draw from personal experience. It was well expressed. Long read yes, meandering but touching too.
- maxerickson 7y agoThe zen of doing nothing is as follows:
- Circuits 7y agoI also couldn't read the entire article. Just as soon as I thought it was about to end, I eyed over to the scroll bar and saw I was only 1/4 the way through... that was disappointing. Maybe that says something about me but perhaps it says more about the author. Sometimes you just need to get to the point, life is short.
- oarabbus_ 7y agoI noped out at the pre-article sentence. I can't spend 44 minutes reading about how to do nothing.