Pico Iyer is a British-born essayist and novelist long based in both California and Japan. He is the author of numerous books about crossing cultures, among them Video Night in Kathmandu, The Lady and the Monk, and The Global Soul. An essayist for Time since 1986, he also publishes regularly in Harper’s, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, and many other publications across the globe.
A follow up to Pico Iyer’s essay “The Joy of Quiet,” The Art of Stillness considers the unexpected adventure of staying put and reveals a counterintuitive truth: The more ways we have to connect, the more we seem desperate to unplug.
Why might a lifelong traveler like Pico Iyer, who has journeyed from Easter Island to Ethiopia, Cuba to Kathmandu, think that sitting quietly in a room might be the ultimate adventure? Because in our madly accelerating world, our lives are crowded, chaotic and noisy. There’s never been a greater need to slow down, tune out and give ourselves permission to be still.
In The Art of Stillness—a TED Books release—Iyer investigate the lives of people who have made a life seeking stillness: from Matthieu Ricard, a Frenchman with a PhD in molecular biology who left a promising scientific career to become a Tibetan monk, to revered singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, who traded the pleasures of the senses for several years of living the near-silent life of meditation as a Zen monk. Iyer also draws on his own experiences as a travel writer to explore why advances in technology are making us more likely to retreat. He reflects that this is perhaps the reason why many people—even those with no religious commitment—seem to be turning to yoga, or meditation, or seeking silent retreats. These aren't New Age fads so much as ways to rediscover the wisdom of an earlier age. Growing trends like observing an “Internet Sabbath”—turning off online connections from Friday night to Monday morning—highlight how increasingly desperate many of us are to unplug and bring stillness into our lives.
The Art of Stillness paints a picture of why so many—from Marcel Proust to Mahatma Gandhi to Emily Dickinson—have found richness in stillness. Ultimately, Iyer shows that, in this age of constant movement and connectedness, perhaps staying in one place is a more exciting prospect, and a greater necessity than ever before.
In 2013, Pico Iyer gave a blockbuster TED Talk. This lyrical and inspiring book expands on a new idea, offering a way forward for all those feeling affected by the frenetic pace of our modern world.
在很多年前,上海拥挤的地铁站,透过快速移动的人影,我看到了柱子上的广告。这句话是某面膜的广告语,和停不下来的人群、工作、思绪,形成强烈的反差,那一刻,如此的打动人心。 从小时候开始,我就很喜欢暴雨天,我会拖一个小凳子,坐在院子里,透过稀里哗啦的雨声,我竟然感...
评分书很短 很快就可以读完 里面插图很美 正如书名那样有着 安静的力量。 我是连续读了两遍,做了一遍笔记,因为有些句子真的很美,实在不忍心让他们错过我的摘抄本。 连续读两遍,是因为第一遍看完依然不舍,合上书本还不想退还(借于图书馆)。有某种不忍卒读但又想一读再读的感...
评分书很短 很快就可以读完 里面插图很美 正如书名那样有着 安静的力量。 我是连续读了两遍,做了一遍笔记,因为有些句子真的很美,实在不忍心让他们错过我的摘抄本。 连续读两遍,是因为第一遍看完依然不舍,合上书本还不想退还(借于图书馆)。有某种不忍卒读但又想一读再读的感...
评分 评分在很多年前,上海拥挤的地铁站,透过快速移动的人影,我看到了柱子上的广告。这句话是某面膜的广告语,和停不下来的人群、工作、思绪,形成强烈的反差,那一刻,如此的打动人心。 从小时候开始,我就很喜欢暴雨天,我会拖一个小凳子,坐在院子里,透过稀里哗啦的雨声,我竟然感...
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评分Find the peace and quiet inside us. Want to go to iceland~
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