#a practice for everyday life

[garadinervi]

A Practice for Everyday Life, Mirosław Bałka: How It Is, Edited by Helen Sainsbury, Tate Publishing, London, 2009

Contributions by: Zygmunt Bauman, Paulo Herkenhoff, Julian Heynen, László Krasznahorkai

Exhibition: The Unilever Series: Mirosław Bałka: How It Is, Tate Modern, London, October 13, 2009 – April 5, 2010

#graphic design #typography #art #structure #photography #exhibition #catalogue #catalog #cover #a practice for everyday life #mirosław bałka #miroslaw balka #helen sainsbury #zygmunt bauman #paulo herkenhoff #julian heynen #lászló krasznahorkai #tate #tate modern #tate publishing #2000s #2010s

[dinnickhowellslikes]

#toogood #A Practice for Everyday Life #graphic design #branding #lettering #font

[lunarharp]

“sorry i dont always get it” (from april) & “sorry i dont always understand” the sequel 🍷🍓

#witch hat tag #orufrey #cw for..Dread idk. cw dread. IDK man. witch hat is a lot..it's almost too much for me.. #SCRIBBLY !!!! i think i improve a lot doing these things cause the first part def looks older..lol. i want to actually practice PANELS #to build skill for starting proper original comics.. but it's just SO much work.. #ps i love orufrey #also???? i dont KNOW what qif wears to bed. i feel like it's been implied it's his..Shirt Thing. which would be regular i guess #since they have instant laundry things you really could wear the exact same thing every day of your life at all times. #BUT right..why did coco act like she'd see the laundry thing for the first time in her life when she met sinocia. or does qifrey do it all. #i feel like they would uh do their own laundry. considering it's INSTANT too. i need to know boring everyday details sensei. :/

[momentsbeforemass]

Do the right thing

Most of us can handle doing the right thing when it’s obvious.

Not just in those moments when the contrast between good and evil could not be more stark. We’re good. We’ve got that one.

But also when it’s presented to us like today’s first reading (“Today I have set before you…”). As a monumental life choice moment. Where there’s no way that we could miss its importance. We’ve got that one as well.

We’re always going to put ourselves on God’s side when it’s that obvious.

What you and I struggle with? When it’s not. When it’s not obvious that this is one of those moments.

So let me help you with that one. I figured out the easy way to tell if this is one of those moments, and I want to share it with you. Here it is,

They all are.

They are all life choice moments. Wait, what?

Here’s what I mean – there are unmistakable life choice moments. Moments when you have the opportunity to make a real difference.

Like when someone who is being abused and isolated is finally able to call for help because their abuser is passed out. They’ve made the choice to escape. And they’re calling you for a ride to the domestic violence shelter. Right now, before he wakes up.

And you’re thinking, “That’s pretty obvious. That’s a life choice moment.”

Right. But what makes you someone who will drop everything to help them? What prepares you for that moment? 

All of the little life choice moments of everyday life.

The countless moments of daily living when you and I can go with God, can do the right thing. Or not.

No one of them is monumental. By themselves, they’re not that much. But taken together, they shape our lives. They shape us. More than our handful of monumental moments ever can.

Saying something encouraging when you see someone struggling. Or not.

Helping someone who needs it. Or not.

Making time for someone who needs to be heard. Or not.

Deciding to treat them like you want to be treated. Or not.

They’re all life choice moments. And they’re yours for the taking every day. Or not.

Taken together, their cumulative effect on you makes it possible for you to do the right thing in those monumental moments.

Every one of them takes you a step closer to God, a step close to who God made you to be. Or a step farther away.

The countless, practical moments for holiness.

The everyday moments that we are given to get over ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him.

Today’s Readings

#Do the right thing #Life Choices #Everyday #Practical #Holiness #Lent #Take up your cross #God #Jesus #Catholic #Christian #Church #Moments Before Mass

[soldier-poet-king]

Oh man I looked at the notes on that evolution & Christianity poll (a mistake, clearly), like, how can so many people be so fkin stupid. Yes thats mean of me to say but. Y'all are really out here being strict biblical literalists?? Not even most of the early christian theologians & church fathers were strict biblical literalists?? There is no historical basis to being an extreme literalist abt the bible?? Presumably you received SOME sort of education and can read and think critically?? You can't ALL have been raised in an information restrictive cult??

99% of the time im ready to throw hands with Catholicism because oh boy we have beef and I hate it here, but at least we're not Like That TM.

Oh Fr Georges Lemaître, father of the Big Bang Theory, we're really in it now.

#not to dunk on my Protestant friends ily #but like. protestantism is one hell of a drug. holy shit #like do i think ultimately what you believe about the evolution is the end of the world. no #BUT it indicates underlying literalist thinking which leads to problems that ACTUALLY affevt everyday life #and also just. deliberate ignorance. conspiracy theory thinking #not to b like. one thing leads to another. but these r definitely related patterns of thinking #and as much as im like. I fuckin hate catholics #its current western catholics that i rlly hate #theres at least a long history of intellectual freedom and science #yes at times obvs limited and repressed. but at least its not yknow. literalism. i would fuckin die #are yall really out here thinking abt literal adam and eve and creation in 7 days. really. REALLY? #altho. i went to hs with a young earth creationist who thot dinos and humans existed at the same time #so why. am i not surprised anymore #anyway yeah individual catholics are largely insane and i will fistfight trads #but at least like. INSTITUTIONALLY. we're allowed space to think and question #doctrinally thats allowed. even if trads refuse it in practice #ho ho holy shit yall #deadass did not think there was a significant amount of biblical literalists and creationists on TUMBLR of all places #both atheists and trads who think religion and science are fundamentally opposed. #think again. u r all. dummies. i am too tired to be polite abt it #im tired of ppl with no thinking skills <-its elections here today im extra full of rage #mrk saunders can catch my hands ALSO #i saw someone say that theres no basis to interpret the bible as allegorical #as if everytime Jesus said a parable ans the apostles took it literally #he had to sit them down and be like #boys. i love u. stop being stupid. its an allegory for the people. #WHAT THE FUCK IS A PARABLE IF NOT AN ALLEGORICAL INSTRUCTIVE STORY #genuinely. maybe i am naive. but deadass thot the adam and steve crowd thing was a joke. not a genuine argument against the gays #or at the very least a rare opinion blown out of proportion #ARE YALL OK IN PROTESTANT MAJORITY AREAS???????

[fluffydice]

I think of Kusuke taking on care of Kusuo if their parents ever pass away very often, usually in a similar vibe to Lilo and Stitch. I really think he’d step up, but I think Kusuo will also act out because he’s so upset. And I can see the two of them having terrible fights and Kusuke having to approach him later and have heart-to-hearts with them later and ugh I have enough wips I don’t need another.

#I don’t need another I don’t need another I done need another I done need another I don’t need another I don’t need another I don’t need ano #think kusuo would desperately need reassurance. he doesn’t receive enough of it in his everyday life #and with the one person who would provide it (kurumi) gone Kusuke has to fight to gain back that trust #something kusuo wouldn’t give easily ofc #but I do think Kusuke would be a solid anchor for his brother. kids need stability especially when they begin acting out #they need to be reassured that they’re still loved something kusuo never felt safe receiving from Kusuke #Kusuke knows this and tries his best. ofc he’s not perfect he’s practically a kid too and taking care of another? oof #I do think he’d give up on school if kusuo truly did need him and that’s kind of one point of contention between the two #saiki k au #saiki kusuo #saiki kusuke

[momoechis]

Does anyone have like a step by step lesson plan for voice training, bc I need like actionable goals and shit. Doing heat from fire 30 minutes a day just makes me wanna die rlly

#i know that's gonna be part of it but i need something more concrete than just “practice everyday!!!” #the school trauma seeps into my life once again

[garadinervi]

Sam Winston: ‘A Delicate Sight’, Texts by Raymond Antrobus, Bernardine Evaristo, Don Paterson, and Max Porter, Designed by A Practice for Everyday Life, London, 2021

Plus: a twenty-minute film about darkness, creativity and life beyond the screen. Featuring Raymond Antrobus, Bernardine Evaristo, Don Paterson, Max Porter and Sam Winston

#graphic design #typography #drawing #visual writing #film #video #book #cover #book cover #sam winston #raymond antrobus #bernardine evaristo #don paterson #max porter #a practice for everyday life #2020s

[mityenka]

idk if this is a hot take but i think that disregarding the value of philosophy as a study and reducing it to synonymy with mansplaining is no better than saying that art holds no value for humanity

#i get making fun of men who read nietzsche once in high school and now think of themselves as of superior intellect to everyone else #while losing themselves in long philosophical discussions that mainly serve the point of making themselves sound clever #but saying that all philosophy is ivory tower intellectualism that is only practiced by people who are convinced they have the world all #figured out and constantly want to prove that they're the smartest person in the room #but is worthless for and out of touch with everyday life is also a part of anti-intellectualism #idk also consuming pretentious philosophical media is fun

[taikanyohou]

god i have neverrrr everrrr everrrr been a morning workout kinda person i usually always workout after work around 5pm-ish, but since its october now and the days will start to get shorter and SAD will no doubt set in this year i wanna try switching things up for the first time and see what it does for my mood and body and brain if i workout in the mornings before work at 6am before or after i pray fajr salah instead.

#SAD wasnt /as bad/ last year but i wanna try some things out ... lifestyle changes ... shifting a few things around in my day to day routine #just to see if it does anything. bc after i workout i am always always in such a good mood so idk. i wanna see if thatd work in the mornings #before work. bc after work i used to think id be too tired to workout but i never was. its always a smash. so yeah. #and people are always like ohhh mornings are the best time to workout and whilst i dont believe that theres ever really 'a good time #to workout' (bc ANY time is a good time to! in ramadhan sometimes whilst i wait for suhoor i workout at 2am!) #i just wanna see what it does for me if i DO workout at 6am-ish. it'll be HARD at first bc i'll feel sluggish. #but idk i think i'm quite self-motivated and self-disciplined so it shouldnt take too long for it to become a habit. hopefully. iA. #and generally i am a morning person i LOVE mornings (but never tried working out during them) so yeah. i get up 6am everyday anyway. #and pray my fajr and then have my coffee and just sit with myself for an hour before i get ready to go work. so yeah. i dont meditate. #but fajr for me is my silent quiet introspection time. its so nice and peaceful to just sit and pray and think and practice gratitude. #so yeah i wanna mix working out in with it now too. #ANYWAY. all this to say that its never too late to change things up in life! freshen your routine up! #faiza talks

[plushiehamuko]

i do realize that hamuko is canonically good at cooking but to me she is a disaster who cannot and will not cook anything. she thinks a bag of skittles and a can of soda is dinner. she has absolutely zero skill to make anything else and if she did she just wouldn't anyway

#squishy talks too much #she also has egregious picky eater syndrome #she only eats real food if shinji cooks it which he ends up doing every day once they become close bc he is So Concerned by her #she is such a disaster and an atrocity of a girl. tired of good-at-everything hamuko #she needs to be really good at niche and impractical skills that will not help her in real life #but an absolute fail loser at important everyday basic common sense stuff #the only practical home-eck style she is actually good at to me is sewing and that's bc fashion designer hamuko real to me #about hamuko <3

[elizevanniekerk]

The Subtle Art of Finding Joy in the Mundane

In the dizzying whirlwind of our modern lives, with its notifications, deadlines, and endless to-do lists, it's easy to overlook the little things. Our quest for big achievements, exotic vacations, and grand celebrations often overshadows the understated moments that make up our daily lives. Yet, there's a profound beauty and solace in the mundane, waiting to be discovered.

The Magic of Morning Rituals

Consider the simple act of brewing your morning coffee or tea. The aromatic scent that wafts through your kitchen, the warmth of the mug against your palms, and that first invigorating sip – it's a ritual that beckons a new day, filled with possibilities. It's not just about the caffeine kick, but the quiet moments we grant ourselves before the day's chaos ensues.

Nature's Everyday Theater

Look out of your window. Even if you're in the heart of a bustling city, nature is putting on a daily show. The radiant hues of a sunrise, the gentle rustle of leaves in the breeze, or even the rhythmic patter of rain against the windowpane. These are nature's gentle reminders of its cyclic rhythm, urging us to pause and sync our own rhythms with the world around us.

The Joy of Daily Tasks

Believe it or not, there's a meditative quality in mundane chores. The rhythmic act of washing dishes, the soft hum of a vacuum cleaner, or the therapeutic act of decluttering can be grounding experiences. They tether us to the present moment, offering a break from the incessant noise in our heads.

Conversations and Connections

Everyday joy is also about connections. A brief chat with a neighbor, a spontaneous phone call to a friend, or even the simple act of greeting your local grocery store cashier can forge bonds. It's in these fleeting interactions that we find a shared human experience.

Rediscovering Your Space

Sometimes, joy is about rediscovery. Re-read a favorite book, revisit old photographs, or rearrange your furniture. Familiar spaces and objects can offer new perspectives and insights when looked at with fresh eyes.

Wrapping Up

The art of finding joy in the mundane is essentially about shifting our perspective. It's about appreciating life's quiet moments and finding depth in simplicity. It's recognizing that while milestones and grand celebrations are significant, there's immeasurable joy to be found in the spaces in between.

In the words of novelist Alice Walker, "Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise." Life's everyday surprises, no matter how small, are the threads that weave the beautiful tapestry of our existence. So, let's cherish them.

#Everyday joy #finding happiness #morning rituals #Beauty in simplicity #mundane magic #daily routines #Mindfulness practices #nature's beauty #Meditative chores #Rediscovering memories #Joy in simplicity #Grounding experiences #living in the moment #Cherishing daily life #Therapeutic tasks #human connections #Shifting perspective #Appreciating small moments #Life's surprises

[onceuponamako]

i like to think that simulation games (creation) is a such great learning tool and a good coping mechanism to deal with any range of emotion especially loss and pain.

#creation #creating #simulation #storytelling #coping mechanism #manifestation #or just helps with coping with moth everyday life #and can be such a great learning tool #great practice before entering the real world #gives you a taste of what to expect in the future #it’s not perfect #and yes there’s cheats and mods #but other than it nice glimpse per say #me #reference #sims #sims 2 #sims 3 #sims 4 #simulation games #bendingmyassoff #onceuponamako #night thoughts

[brightgnosis]

The Harvard Study of Adult Development, which tracked the health and aging of participants for over 80 years, found two significant factors that lead to increased happiness. As discussed in The Harvard Gazette article covering the study, the first is a focus on close relationships and community, and the second is spending more time doing things that bring us joy.

From The Secret Joy of Hygge: A Practical Guide to Cultivating Happiness In The Everyday, published 2019; Alexandra Amarotico (My Ko-Fi Here)

#The Secret Joy of Hygge: A Practical Guide to Cultivating Happiness In The Everyday #Alexandra Amarotico #Life Intent #Quote

[mothocean]

I'm just gonna say it. I think smart watches are stupid as fuck

#they're so TINY how tf do you see anything on them #like yeah ik smartphones are relatively tiny compared to computers too but like. you can't really just make things tinier and tinier can you #and they seem so much less comfortable to work with. how do you type on them? watch something for minutes on them? #they just. seem kinda useless yk. lile cool idea in theory but in practice they just seem like a hassle #they're peak 'this looked cool in a movie so it must be cool in everyday real life too' energy #roseflower.txt

[goblinmatriarch]

I'm just gonna start posting this bad boy, or I worry I'll be trapped in writing it for all time.

This is Chapter 1 of 6; the whole thing is probably clocking in between 40-50k.

Also don't worry Draco is not ultimately involved in fascist bullshit. Anymore.

"Get this," Harry said around a mouthful of vindaloo, "we got a bill proposal today from Malfoy , of all people."

Hermione was intrigued but had the manners to finish chewing before she responded. If she pointedly drew it out to illustrate how one speaks over a meal, well, Harry could learn a lesson or two. "Draco Malfoy?" she clarified. "I thought he didn’t ever use his seat."

"He doesn’t!" Harry exclaimed in frustration. "He claims that he’s all," Harry tilted his chin up and affected a posh accent, "aware of the ways in which hereditary landownership is an unjust means of gaining legislative power." He dropped the accent and continued, "but really, I think he just can’t be arsed. Given that it’s so boring , Hermione, oh my god." Harry rubbed his eyes under his glasses. "I can’t really blame him for wanting to avoid it, but then he comes swanning in with this bullshit, and blathering on about the importance of ritual this , the crucial need for practices that." He took an angry bite of naan.

Hermione hummed thoughtfully. "What’s the bill?"

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"Ugh, it’s about the preservation of wizarding tradition."

"So, fascist bullshit?"

Harry nodded. "Fascist bullshit," he agreed. He looked pained. "You’d think I wouldn’t be surprised to see him pull this shit, but…"

"I’m surprised!" Hermione protested. "The work he did on wildlife preservation with the Manor grounds was quite progressive, and while I didn’t work with him directly, he consulted with Human-Creature Relations a lot when he was getting it set up, and all reports were that he was a changed man." She tapped her fork against the takeaway container a few times and said, "You’re sure it wasn’t about land and wildlife preservation?"

Harry shook his head and reached into his bag. "For the consideration of the Wizengamot," he read aloud from the beautifully bound manuscript he pulled out, "A proposal to encode traditional wizarding rituals and the practices of everyday life for the strengthening of Britain’s magic."

Hermione grimaced. "Yes, that does sound like fascist bullshit. What is it, like, the high magical holidays encoded into the government calendar? Respect for ‘wizarding values’, like that’s even a definable thing?"

"I haven’t read it all yet, but there is a lot more about rights of way than I’d expected, I’ll tell you that much."

Hermione tilted her head. "Like….walking routes? Public bridleways and all that?"

Harry shrugged. "I can’t quite figure out his angle, but he’s definitely up to something."

Hermione pressed her lips together, and Harry smacked himself in the forehead. "Christ, I’m far too old for this. ‘Malfoy’s up to something’, Merlin fuck."

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#drarry #fanfic #drarry fic #wip #the practice of everyday life #so much bureaucracy #pandemic fic