I'm a lover of silence. I try to remember that quietness is a privilege. I don't tend to listen to music. I've spent the afternoon listening to the rain and the wind.
I know what you mean! Although I don't have the same degree of physical aversion to video, having spent years smoothing out my nervous system with tai chi I just don't want to fill it up again with brutal scenes of murder, war, news and debate etc. After expanding the senses to hear the birds, the sea, rustling leaves, some of the music I used to like is too aggressive and shouty now. We watch those old tv shows too!
Over twenty years ago I found myself rushing home from work so that I could rush through supper preparation so that I could watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I wanted to slow my experience of time and to stop rushing so I gave up my television. First my relationship to time changed. Next, my nervous system settled and I focused on improving the quality of my relationships. Finally, I started seeking respite from the sounds and noises that are such a part of living in an urban area in the United States.
At the time I did not realize how profoundly these actions would change my life because I had taken my environment for granted.
Today I am now proactive rather than reactive regarding the visual and aural parts of my life. Additionally, I dedicate time and energy to maintaining good relationships with my beloveds.
I'm struggling with addiction to stimulus, or rather the wrong type of stimulus. Fortunately, I half a strong aversion to adverts too, so as YouTube bypasses ad blockers, I retreat to quieter, saner places. I detatched from TV over 30 years ago but damn you, corporate takeover of the interwebs!
Now where did the effective rejection of adverts emerge and how to harness that bloody mindedness once more...?
Caro, I've never heard someone else say this: "Since that day, I have never knowingly watched footage from that day, or any other television news, nor video news of any kind. If I walk into a room where it is on, I walk back out. My family know I won’t join them until it’s over or turned off, and they don’t mind at all. If I see it on a screen in a public place, I look away, walk away, or face the other way." Reading it makes me feel less alone. For me, the day came when Trump was elected. I opted out of all news---video, audio and written---and haven't missed it for a minute.
I'm a lover of silence. I try to remember that quietness is a privilege. I don't tend to listen to music. I've spent the afternoon listening to the rain and the wind.
I would probably benefit from rebalanced my inputs.
I know what you mean! Although I don't have the same degree of physical aversion to video, having spent years smoothing out my nervous system with tai chi I just don't want to fill it up again with brutal scenes of murder, war, news and debate etc. After expanding the senses to hear the birds, the sea, rustling leaves, some of the music I used to like is too aggressive and shouty now. We watch those old tv shows too!
Over twenty years ago I found myself rushing home from work so that I could rush through supper preparation so that I could watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I wanted to slow my experience of time and to stop rushing so I gave up my television. First my relationship to time changed. Next, my nervous system settled and I focused on improving the quality of my relationships. Finally, I started seeking respite from the sounds and noises that are such a part of living in an urban area in the United States.
At the time I did not realize how profoundly these actions would change my life because I had taken my environment for granted.
Today I am now proactive rather than reactive regarding the visual and aural parts of my life. Additionally, I dedicate time and energy to maintaining good relationships with my beloveds.
I'm struggling with addiction to stimulus, or rather the wrong type of stimulus. Fortunately, I half a strong aversion to adverts too, so as YouTube bypasses ad blockers, I retreat to quieter, saner places. I detatched from TV over 30 years ago but damn you, corporate takeover of the interwebs!
Now where did the effective rejection of adverts emerge and how to harness that bloody mindedness once more...?
Caro, I've never heard someone else say this: "Since that day, I have never knowingly watched footage from that day, or any other television news, nor video news of any kind. If I walk into a room where it is on, I walk back out. My family know I won’t join them until it’s over or turned off, and they don’t mind at all. If I see it on a screen in a public place, I look away, walk away, or face the other way." Reading it makes me feel less alone. For me, the day came when Trump was elected. I opted out of all news---video, audio and written---and haven't missed it for a minute.
Hey, no video bro!
I have never even heard Rishi Sunak or Keir Starmer's voices. But I do know their policies.
Good luck avoiding screens given the revenant... Our election is on Thursday, I do postal voting, so I can safely ignore it all until the result.