Devika Parmar
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Devika Parmar
The idea of research as leisure activity has stayed with me because it seems to describe a kind of intellectual inquiry that comes from idiosyncratic passion and interest. It’s not about the formal credentials. It’s fundamentally about play .
substack.com • research as leisure activity - by Celine Nguyen
I believe that anything that people make on their own, anything they create for pure pleasure, is beautiful.
People will sit alone in their basements playing guitar simply because they like the sound. They’ll paint, write poems, and whittle wood into little figurines without any expectation of gaining money or fame. It just makes 'em feel good. All... See more
People will sit alone in their basements playing guitar simply because they like the sound. They’ll paint, write poems, and whittle wood into little figurines without any expectation of gaining money or fame. It just makes 'em feel good. All... See more
An invitation to a secret society
What does it look like to do things “the beautiful way”? From a place of pleasure and deep joy? What is the felt sense in the body when the action comes from pleasure?
“I think of knowledge as something more personal, something that emerges within us as we take in the world from our own unique perspective but also as members of particular communities. In doing so, we construct relationships among the things we come to know (and not merely know about), these relationships are shaped by our history and our desires.
... See moreTo be a gardener is to give a fuck. To be a gardener is to be invested in a place—to know it, to protect it, to be present to it. How can we protect and heal ourselves and our planet if we’re not willing to step into, and value, the role of the gardener?