Bob Eng
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Thanks @chrys , like @MarkDelepine I was a train ride away from the conference site, had scheduling conflicts, and like @steveparry will look forward to the recordings. Thanks for your enthusiastic feedback, @JosephWoodhouse
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Hi @Andy , I don’t have anything to offer on your question about the value of a paid membership, because each person’s perception of value differs. On your question about a reading group, as one who allocates too little time to reading, I’d hate to be a drag on such a group. If my participation could nonetheless be tolerated, I’d be interested. Thanks.
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dear @manuela , @Forest , @janschloesser , and @chrys . because i’ve found this platform cumbersome, i agreed at the end of today’s call to start a whatsapp chat group for us (and anyone who will join our 1st friday calls). if you follow this link, it should take you directly to the group chat that i’ve titled uncreatively “mcgilchrist general discussion group.” then i will approve you and you’ll be part of the group. https://chat.whatsapp.com/IE0YJ9TkDqWHVJRjnophT2
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@chrys and @manuela, I love how you’ve continued your conversation. (I on the other hand find this platform cumbersome for such purposes 😞). Thank you @chrys for referring us to the New Yorker article and the related podcast. I did listen to the podcast and have yet to try the exercise. D Graham Burnett’s discussion about attention made think of Amishi Jha, whose work on attention in contrast seems more of a left-hemisphere approach. (And have they collaborated with one another?) Mostly the podcast took me back to a question that I’ve toyed with occasionally. Assuming that the way(s) we attend to the world is foundational (to what comes into being, to how the world changes us and the relationship between us), how can we manifest or channel with intention the way(s) that we attend? What are some practices to strengthen that capacity? This is where D Graham’s discussion helped. It’s my loss that after listening to the podcast a couple of weeks ago that I didn’t look up the Strother School for Radical Attention. They have live events at their brick-and-mortar location in Brooklyn, within 60 miles (96 kilometers) from my home in NJ. By the way, I just read and really enjoyed Fully Alive by Elizabeth Oldfield, who will part of Iain’s day-long program on 25 October. Looking forward to our next Zoom on 5 July!
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that’s right @shannon , starting at noon eastern time!
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hi @shannon , where or what time zone are you in? the call is scheduled for 17:00 london time, if that’s helpful.
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Thanks @manuela! I will join the 2 Feb session.
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Thanks @manuela
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I’d suggest keeping it simple to start.
Book: The Matter with Things
Meeting frequency: Once a month
Reading pace: 1 chapter a month
I’m in the US and alternate between Eastern Time and Pacific Time, and I’m better on weekdays than weekends. So selfishly, I’d vote for something like:
a Friday at 17:00 GMT/12:00 EST/9:00 PST
Again, just to get things going if there’s interest.
By the way, I also have a Zoom account in case that becomes an issue. Thanks.