Themes: Nature, Writing, Psychology, Guiding
Status: 🌱
Tags: literature video
Summary
In this video, Laws proposes Nature Journaling as a powerful tool for connection, self reflection, and memory retention. He makes the argument that it will completely change one’s relationship to the natural world, opening their eyes to things they have never seen before.
Quotes
“It all starts with somehow learning how to pay greater attention.”
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“The instructions to look carefully at this are utterly useless.”
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“Observation isn’t happening in your eyes, observation is happening in your brain.”
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“We are in a culture that is allergic to questions. We like people who know all the answers.”
Insight
Being open to the mystery is a trait of maturity
“Its critical that you are not trying to do this inside your head because when you try to think inside your head you just sort of stew on the same idea.”
Insight
Writing is thinking done well
“How quickly can I run up to the edge of the unknown and dive off”
Quote
“These cues have forced me to pay attention much more deeply to the world around me, and attention is what the fabric of love is made from. Love, the most useful kind of working definition I’ve found for it is Sustained Compassionate Attention”.
Concept
Love as sustained compassionate attention
Notes
Production Effect: When you say out loud your observation, it sticks in your brain. By going from your eyes to your mouth, you need to use your brain.
3 Part Exercise:
- I Notice Speak observation out loud.
- I Wonder Ask questions about the observations to explore your curiosity.
- It Reminds Me Of Connect what you have observed or learned to other things you have observed and learned.
Nature Journaling: I notice, I wonder, It reminds me of on a piece of paper.
When you write, you can disagree with yourself and engage in dialogue.