life outtake

The photograph <n>The boy and the universe</n> by <n>Hengki Koentjoro</n>, used for <n>Neil Gaiman</n>'s novel <n>The Ocean at the End of the Lane</n>.

A still from the 1992 film <n>And Life Goes On</n>, directed by <n>Abbas Kiarostami</n>.

<n>Float Weightlessly</n>, a digital artwork inspired by the anime <n>Ghost in the Shell</n>.

A still of director <n>Yasujirō Ozu</n> from the 1983 documentary <n>I Lived, But...</n>.

<n>Saksun</n>, Faroe Islands. By <n>Niklas</n>.

To be slow is not merely to decrease the pace of life. It’s about taking the time to reconsider our actions and think more deeply and responsibly about how we live.



We want to nourish ourselves on what Thoreau called “the tonic of wildness” and live evermore in the moment so that we can inhabit an existence that is “more elastic, more starry, more immortal.” Or in the words of Rachel Carson, the mother of the green movement: “One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, ‘What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?’”

Image used as cover art for musician <n>Wh6teb6yfrmthe6</n>.