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.
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