To mark the transition into the second half of the solar year, we tend to things transient, unfinished, and overlooked. Some experiments and impressions of being with the world-at-large, foreshadowing the 'wabi sabi' reader from the @_foam Anarchive.
An invitation to wander, to watch and wait, noticing and letting things unfold. 🍂
The exquisite & the liminal. 侘び寂び moods & textures, where matter records its own weathering. Worlds abide in the humble and mundane, with hints of worlds becoming otherwise.
Where the Fireflies Glowed and Flickered Behind the Big Wooden Buddha Temple in a Summer Long Ago, and Other Lights in Other Years Blinked in the Liquid Darkness.
"Such is our way of thinking – we find beauty not in the thing itself, but in the pattern of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates."
—Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows.
A spotlight on alternative temporal orders, where the hold of gridded time loosens or breaks; spaces and situations beyond the reach of the clock.
— @jcalpickard
Honing our skills in the Crafts of Noticing, we've collated immersive, multisensory practices for being-in-the-world. Tried and tested in various situations and surroundings by FoAM & friends across multiple timezones.
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