THE THREAD | Ways of time and the Feast of Saint Francis
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There are many ways to move through time. We have agency. We have options. You can be ruled by the calendar of the consumer economy, rushing from one sale to the next and spending your minutes in search of a great deal. You can follow the 24-hour news cycle as a way to mark time, always waiting for that next headline that just might change everything. You can hitch your days to the current election cycle, or the work week, or the next vacation. We can -- and oftentimes must -- live according to any or all of these calendars. That's just modern life, and the speed and novelty are intoxicating. Yet don't they often seem to be running on fumes, rushing toward exhaustion?
THE THREAD | Ways of time and the Feast of Saint Francis
THE THREAD | Ways of time and the Feast of…
THE THREAD | Ways of time and the Feast of Saint Francis
There are many ways to move through time. We have agency. We have options. You can be ruled by the calendar of the consumer economy, rushing from one sale to the next and spending your minutes in search of a great deal. You can follow the 24-hour news cycle as a way to mark time, always waiting for that next headline that just might change everything. You can hitch your days to the current election cycle, or the work week, or the next vacation. We can -- and oftentimes must -- live according to any or all of these calendars. That's just modern life, and the speed and novelty are intoxicating. Yet don't they often seem to be running on fumes, rushing toward exhaustion?