flâneur

slowness as an ideal - Tommy Dixon

substack.com · 1,718 words · saved by 1 readers

what does it mean to live slowly?

Update: I’ve published a deluxe version of this essay here. The Late Spring by Barry McGalen Someone recently asked me: what’s the one word you’d use to describe your ideal day? I thought about it. Then: hmm, probably slow. Above all, I want to live with slowness. In travel, in reading, in work, in love. No rushing. No haste. Just patient, savory slowness. The people I admire most never seem to rush but are always where they need to be. They never seem to sweat but get a lot done. And they never hyperventilate but take deep, green breaths. They live with a definite slowness. Take their…

related reading