ssejig's review
informative
medium-paced
3.5
If you are used to listening to Rubin's podcast, listening to her in a longer format is rather odd. A lot of the ideas in this book are discussed on her show. She talks about how she spent time exploring each of her five senses. Is any of it groundbreaking? Maybe not. But it is grounding and a good reminder that we all need to remember not to neglect any of our senses. Instead, we should remember each of these senses and to care for them as well. We can use our senses to indulge in healthy ways.
siebensommer's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
5.0
Whom do I envy? What do I lie about?" -What did I do for fun when I was ten years old? How do I put my values into
action?
"So many things happened to me. I wish I'd been paying
attention."
My environment felt oversaturated and processed, but also virtual and flattened. I wanted to make direct contact.
I craved ways to satisfy my wintertime hunger for brilliant color.
With art, you want to create the unexpected. Being forced to get oriented helps people to stop and see."
"All art is actually about death," Sarah said, "but not in a bad way. We're standing in front of a tomb, and the whole museum is a tomb, It's evidence of us being human on Earth; what it means to be alive."
Studies of what's called the
"dinner party problem" show that once a group includes five people, it usually splits into two or more conversations. So, to
my relief, I gave up my attempts to try to corral many people into a single discussion.
As a child, I'd been told, "Don't touch." and now I was touching more than ever. How I loved the world! I didn't want to let it slide through my fingers, lost and forgotten.
I am the laboratory, I am the
notebook, and I am the museum.