“A mind is like a nation. The branches of such a tree require funding (sap). When we are trained to pay attention to things in which we have no part (news), that which is beautiful and good, intelligent and true… begins to starve. News is an attention-con that primarily deprives us of necessary attention for that which is near at hand, and in which we are or could be directly involved. My simple suggestion is recognition and resistance: make your own news, and ignore the public contagion that steals our mindfulness and concern from all that is near and dear to our direct experience, relationships and lives.”

— an a i