“Beauty is there to be noticed. Too often it is taken for granted because we are moving too fast to let it in and allow it to deliver its message in us. We need to pay attention. To show indifference to beauty is an insult to its Creator.” NeedsShowsMovingPayAttentionBeautyTakenMessagesCreatorGrantedPay AttentionIndifferenceInsultTaken For Granted Author:Luci Shaw
“Agential realism is not a manifesto, it does not take for granted that all is or will or can be made manifest. On the contrary, it is a call, a plea, a provocation, a cry, a passionate yearning for an appreciation of, attention to the tissue of ethicality that runs through the world.” WorldDoeMadeRunningAttentionCryPassionateAppreciationContraryGrantedManifestYearningRealismTissuesProvocationManifestos Author:Karen Barad
“Consider for a moment what you pay attention to all day long. What seems important to you, what do you take for granted and hardly attend to at all? Write it down. Do not judge your answers. Be honest and simple. As you keep track all week long, you'll be amazed at what claims your attention, what you give your precious life force to.” GivingWritingLongImportantMomentsSeemsForceSimpleAnswersPayAttentionWeekHonestHonestyJudgingClaimsTrackGrantedBeing HonestPay AttentionAmazedDo Not JudgePrecious Life Author:Brenda Shoshanna
“It's a real misconception that water is a problem in Africa only. It's also an issue in Nepal, in Honduras, and in the United States of America. If we don't start paying attention now and curb our use and stop taking it for granted, we're going to be in a bad place, like everyone else.” IfsRealStatesUseProblemAmericaWaterUnitedAttentionUnited StatesIssuesGrantedPay AttentionUnited States Of AmericaMisconceptionCurbNepalHonduras Author:Kenna
“I like poems that immediately claim my attention, instead of taking my attention for granted. At first read, I want to feel compelled to pick up the poem again; I want to be curious about its byways and secret corners.” WantFeelsFirstsSecretAttentionPicksClaimsCornersCuriousGrantedCompelled Author:James Arthur
“Nothing evades our attention as persistently as that which we take for granted... the decades roll on without even a suggestion that perhaps the whole matter must be rethought” MatterWholeAttentionDecadesGrantedSuggestions Author:Marion Brady