The concept of attention as prayer is powerful stuff. Weil's framing makes it clear that every moment we focus on someting, we're casting a kind of spiritual vote. I've been thinking about this alot lately especially when I get sucked into doomscrolling. The Bonhoeffer bit about one-track emotional engagement is spot on too, we lose depth when we flatten our feelings.
The concept of attention as prayer is powerful stuff. Weil's framing makes it clear that every moment we focus on someting, we're casting a kind of spiritual vote. I've been thinking about this alot lately especially when I get sucked into doomscrolling. The Bonhoeffer bit about one-track emotional engagement is spot on too, we lose depth when we flatten our feelings.
Well put, casting a spiritual vote. The description of flattening feelings is very apt. Weil was onto something with her work on attention.