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| Beaver lake, Vancouver |
Everyone seems to be talking about mindfulness and meditation. Quieting the monkey mind - that inner voice that is so keen to comment on what we are up to in an often unhelpful way.
I tried drawing for mindfulness, but kept cheating by looking when I was supposed to be keeping my eyes closed.
I can concentrate on my breathing for about 3 seconds before I get distracted by my inner monkey.
I have been unable to write due to unhelpful thoughts about what I should or shouldn't be writing about. I am more interested in children's stories than fine art right now.
A poem written but not shared.
And then I remember Beaver Lake in Vancouver where I walked with my grandson and realise that these repetitive walks that I take, both at home and abroad, are indeed a form of meditation.
As I make images, even with my phone, I think only about what I am seeing and all other thoughts are quiet.
I don't need to meditate.
Just take a walk outside with a camera.
I tried drawing for mindfulness, but kept cheating by looking when I was supposed to be keeping my eyes closed.
I can concentrate on my breathing for about 3 seconds before I get distracted by my inner monkey.
I have been unable to write due to unhelpful thoughts about what I should or shouldn't be writing about. I am more interested in children's stories than fine art right now.
A poem written but not shared.
And then I remember Beaver Lake in Vancouver where I walked with my grandson and realise that these repetitive walks that I take, both at home and abroad, are indeed a form of meditation.
As I make images, even with my phone, I think only about what I am seeing and all other thoughts are quiet.
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| beaver lake, stanley park |
I don't need to meditate.
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| beaver lake, stanley park |
Just take a walk outside with a camera.
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| beaver lake, stanley park |
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