Attention is the beginning of devotion

I don't know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?

Attention is the beginning of devotion.

“People who don’t have literacy try to pretend craft is meaningless.” You have to pay attention to get to either.

References

Cameron, Julia. The Artist’s Way . Penguin USA, Inc., 2010.

Doing meditative, regular work can help. Cooking, needlework, if it’s done with attention and intent.

doc (@docsquiddy) May 8, 2021 on Twitter

A problem I’ve seen with online criticism is a desire to put down the craft in favor of a glorified book report. I did freelance criticism for years and reading Lou Reed on Kanye was so refreshing; it’s like people who don’t have literacy try to pretend craft is meaningless