Comments on: Value of Slowing Down http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/04/05/value-of-slowing-down/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:38:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: EdVentures in Technology » Last Child in the Woods http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/04/05/value-of-slowing-down/#comment-17019 EdVentures in Technology » Last Child in the Woods Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:59:30 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=885#comment-17019 [...] I have to thank Wes Fryer for his “Value of Slowing Down” post which reminded me that I had wanted to blog about this! [...] [...] I have to thank Wes Fryer for his “Value of Slowing Down” post which reminded me that I had wanted to blog about this! [...]

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/04/05/value-of-slowing-down/#comment-1020 Wesley Fryer Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:49:04 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=885#comment-1020 That is great Kyle!!! Please let me know when those podcasts are available, I would like to check them out and also share the links with others here. That is great Kyle!!! Please let me know when those podcasts are available, I would like to check them out and also share the links with others here.

]]> By: Kyle Stevens http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/04/05/value-of-slowing-down/#comment-1018 Kyle Stevens Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:02:11 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=885#comment-1018 Wes I was attracted to the NPR series about a month ago. Since then I have listened to the achieved audio essays and after playing several in my English class challenged my students to write an essay of their own. Next week my students will refine their essays and we will begin recording these essays to add to their blogs. Most of them have enjoyed the experience and found it difficult to write about something in which they believe. Kyle Stevens Wes

I was attracted to the NPR series about a month ago. Since then I have listened to the achieved audio essays and after playing several in my English class challenged my students to write an essay of their own. Next week my students will refine their essays and we will begin recording these essays to add to their blogs. Most of them have enjoyed the experience and found it difficult to write about something in which they believe.

Kyle Stevens

]]> By: Raj Boora http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/04/05/value-of-slowing-down/#comment-872 Raj Boora Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:22:02 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=885#comment-872 I remember commenting on something like this a while back somewhere when the topic was about how much do we want to be plugged in all the time, creating in a digital space that moves as fast as it can. My comment was that without taking the time to slow down, the speed becomes irrelevant and the work pointless. It doesn't matter what you can do unless you can take time to reflect on why and how "it" was done. We never appreciate the sun without the clouds, joy without sorrow, and now "twichspeed" without "no-speed". I remember commenting on something like this a while back somewhere when the topic was about how much do we want to be plugged in all the time, creating in a digital space that moves as fast as it can.

My comment was that without taking the time to slow down, the speed becomes irrelevant and the work pointless. It doesn’t matter what you can do unless you can take time to reflect on why and how “it” was done. We never appreciate the sun without the clouds, joy without sorrow, and now “twichspeed” without “no-speed”.

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/04/05/value-of-slowing-down/#comment-871 Wesley Fryer Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:30:27 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=885#comment-871 Thanks for the recommendations Steve! These look great. Thanks for the recommendations Steve! These look great.

]]> By: Steve Whitaker http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/04/05/value-of-slowing-down/#comment-870 Steve Whitaker Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:11:51 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=885#comment-870 Your comments remind me of a book I read about five years ago, parts of still which are somehow embedded in my memory: <a HREF="http://fasterbook.com/" rel="nofollow">Faster</a> details the acceleration of just about everything, and lends some credence to the idea that we do need to slow down. And finally, the second quote you include above evokes a <a HREF="http://www.darwilliams.com/" rel="nofollow">Dar Williams</a> lyric: "But we love trees, we love the snow, the friends we have, the world we share And you find magic from your God, and we find magic everywhere" Your comments remind me of a book I read about five years ago, parts of still which are somehow embedded in my memory: Faster details the acceleration of just about everything, and lends some credence to the idea that we do need to slow down.

And finally, the second quote you include above evokes a Dar Williams lyric:

“But we love trees, we love the snow, the friends we have, the world we share
And you find magic from your God, and we find magic everywhere”

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