Walking – Page 4 – Strategy and Rest

Alan Macfarlane on “the social and mental cloisters which exist everywhere in Cambridge”

via flickr From Alan Macfarlane's Reflections on Cambridge: Cloisters are half open, as are the social and mental cloisters which exist everywhere in Cambridge. The great advantage of a

By askpang|2012-02-13T21:41:27-08:00February 13th, 2012|Architecture and Environment, Contemplative computing, Walking|Comments Off

Photography as a technology that invites skill

One of the lines of argument I'm developing most strongly in the contemplative computing project is that contemplation (and more generally, any kind of sustained concentration or focus)

By askpang|2011-03-15T15:19:27-07:00March 15th, 2011|Architecture and Environment, Contemplative computing, Education, Science, Walking|1 Comment

“Solvitur ambulando” was the first expression of embodied cognition

In the New York Times, Edinburgh philosopher Andy Clark has a nice essay on embodied cognition. If you’re familiar with his book Natural Born Cyborgs, you’ll already know

By askpang|2010-12-13T07:19:31-08:00December 13th, 2010|Contemplative computing, Religion, Science, Technology, Walking|1 Comment

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