True attention survives only in carved-out sanctuaries, not by singular events.

Evidence

Escape from our attentional nightmare will not unfold in a singular event. The exercise of a truer attention requires the carving out of spaces in the world where it can survive and thrive—new environments. — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!, 358

Categorization

  • DEFINE: Core definition of a sanctuary in the manifesto’s program: a physical space where truer attention can survive against extraction.
  • SEED: Article angle: the practical logistics of actually building such sanctuaries in ordinary spaces — classrooms, cafes, workplaces.
  • ADDENDUM: Directly extends the living-root-bridge and tree-sanctuary themes of ‘Grafting & Growth’: carving out spaces where attention, like a grafted tree, can survive.