The Art of Paying Attention - The Atlantic

Distractions can be dangerous, but attention is also a beautiful act in and of itself.

Distractions can be dangerous, but attention is also a beautiful act in and of itself. Dean Fosdick / AP May 27, 2023 This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning. “Attention is the beginning of devotion,” the poet Mary Oliver wrote in her final collection of essays. In 2021, the poet Leila Chatti took up Oliver’s words, reflecting on the challenge of them: “All day, the world makes its demands. There’s so much of it, world / begging to…

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