“We need to claim lunch back. It is our natural right. It has been stolen from us by our rulers. The fear that keeps you chained to your desk, staring at your screen, does not serve your spirit. Lunch is a time to forget about being sensible, practical, efficient. A proper lunch should be spiritually as well as physically nourishing. Cosy, convivial, a treat; lunch is for loafers.” NeedsShouldWellsDoeHas BeensSpiritNaturalForgetTreatsClaimsScreensPracticalsStaringLunchSensibleEfficientRulersDesksStolenChainedCosyLoafers Book:How to be Idle Source: How to be Idle
“To me there is no more depressing sight than a five-year-old staring at a screen, unsmiling, mouse in hand. Besides whatever dreadful things this prolonged exposure to screens is doing to their brains, computer games tend to be solitary affairs, and produce little laughter.” YearsLittlesHandsGamesBrainFiveProduceComputerLaughterSightAffairScreensStaringFive YearsSolitaryDepressingMiceExposureFive Year OldsComputer Games Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“Embrace the faff. Stare out of the window. Bend paperclips. Stand in the middle of the room trying to remember what you came downstairs for. Pace. Drum your fingertips. Move papers around. Hum. Look at the garden.” TryingLooksRememberMovingRoomsMiddlePaperGardenWindowEmbraceStaringPacePapersFingertips Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“I could happily lean on a gate all the livelong day, chatting to passers-by about the wind and the rain. I do a lot of gate-leaning while I am supposed to be gardening; instead of hoeing, I lean on the gate, stare at the vegetable beds and ponder.” WindBedRainSupposed To BeStaringGatesVegetablesGardeningPonderingChatting Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“Indolence of course is an absolutely crucial part of the creative process: you do not find poets sitting in rows in cavernous word factories, staring at screens. They are rather to be found lolling on the sofa or strolling through the groves, nursing their melancholic temperaments and losing themselves in extended reveries.” CoursesFoundProcessCreativePoetLosingSittingScreensStaringCrucialFactoriesCreative ProcessTemperamentNursingStrollingIndolenceSofasGroveReverie Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“It takes a while to master the art of hammock-lounging. At first I could only manage five minutes or so before I thought I ought to get out and go and help a child learn how to swim or something. But after observing the Mexicans' capability for staring into space for hours on end, I decided to put in some proper practice.” FirstsChildrenArtEndsHelpingHoursSpacePracticeFiveMinutesMastersOughtDecidedManageStaringSwimCapabilityFive MinutesObservingHammocksLoungingStaring Into Space Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“Life is becoming no more than staring at the screen.” Life IsBecomingScreensStaring Author:Tom Hodgkinson
