The Observatory of Attention

EAST · GROUNDED SPIRITS

The Observatory of Attention

What am I paying attention to?

Curated gallery — draft, images pending your approval

Attention is how this room chooses what matters. What keeps asking for my attention?

Duty gives attention somewhere to go. What deserves my attention, even when I don’t want to give it?

Technology changes the conditions of attention. What happens when I choose the tools that shape what I notice?

Grounded Spirits keeps it: showing up to the same practice, season after season, because attention is also a form of devotion. What keeps pulling me back, even on the weeks I don’t feel like showing up?

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Black and white close-up of an open eye
EXHIBIT · TODAY, UNDER GLASS
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TECHNOLOGY, LATE AT NIGHT
Person holding smartphone with light glowing in a dark room
THE GLOW
Person touching a blank smartphone screen
ATTENTION, UNFILLED

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