Amateur practice turns attention into a durable antidote to commodified quick-twitch culture

Evidence

These are the AMATEURS—a name that contains the Latin word for “love.” When we do what we do not because we are the best, but because good things are good to do, and the goodness lies in doing them, and learning how to do them a little better…THAT is attention made active across time. It is a powerful antidote to the quick twitch of the frackers. And these activities make shared communities of IRL endeavor. — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!, 395

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘amateurs’ by its Latin root (love) and reframes amateur practice as attention made active across time.