CLAPPING AGAINST THE MINIMAL STATE

Super-Nurse: Photo and graffiti by FAKE (IG: @iamfake)

"Knowing as we know that unfettered markets don’t distribute wealth, but tend to concentrate it in a few hands, I wonder if 'we' who 'know' includes my neighbours. I wonder who are 'we' who 'know', and I end up with the idea that in this case the subject of knowing is a small group of people. I end up with the idea that my neighbours aren’t aware of the contradictions in, and implications of, their clapping. The daily ritual which, with the passing of one more week, went back to its origin as an exclusive tribute to the doctors and nurses in the public system."

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DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO? KNOW THYSELF!

One of Kazuaki Tanahashi's Miracles of Each Moment (https://www.brushmind.net/)

". . . mindfulness is one of the most socially and politically revolutionary tasks we can undertake.

In an order where introspection is systemically hampered, practicing it can really make a difference. In fact, it is my belief (but also an idea implied by politicians, philosophers and social scientists who speak of alienation and false consciousness) that our lack of introspection favours the current state of affairs. Therapists, educators and scholars have highlighted the potential of mindfulness for liberating people from sedimented harmful prejudices instilled by culture and institutions."

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CABIN FEVER

Poster by Matthieu Persan (http://www.barbudesign.com/)

"Three nights later, the recording of a woman being restrained by the police went viral. She resisted fiercely while crying for help and, in response to the reprimands coming from the windows of neighbouring residential buildings, she proffered a sentence of which only the last words are distinguishable. Something about 'being shut in.' In the context, the information being transmitted is easy to grasp. She couldn’t stand being shut in.

It was the despair in her voice what struck me to the point that I haven’t been able to forget her."

"What’s the problem, then? What happens at our homes that makes our staying in feel like being grounded? Why does it feel boring or distressing to the point of driving many up the wall on the second or third day?"

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