„Beauty is the convenient and traditional name of something which art and nature share, and which gives a fairly clear sense to the idea of quality of experience and change of consciousness. I am looking out of my window in an anxious and resentful state of mind, oblivious of my surroundings, brooding perhaps on some damage done to my prestige. Then suddenly I observe a hovering kestrel [Turmfalke]. In a moment everything is altered. The brooding self with its hurt vanity has disappeared. There is nothing now but kestrel. And when I return to thinking of the other matter it seems less important. And of course this is something which we may also do deliberately: give attention to nature in order to clear our minds of selfish care.“
Meine Mental Health App hätte gerne, dass ich den Tag mit Affirmationen beginne. Die beginnen alle mit „Ich“, aber dann ist es schon Zeit für ein BeReal und die ganze selbstlose Aufmerksamkeit, von der Iris Murdoch spricht, muss irgendwie mit in das Selfie gepackt werden.