Let us learn to be rich in a different way: more attentive to relationships, more intent on valuing the common good, more attached to the local area, more grateful in welcoming and integrating those who come to live with us.
it’s a bit ridiculous to say “the time you spend scrolling could be spent building a business/writing a novel/reading the classics”. sometimes that’s true but usually scrolling happens as a result of cognitive fatigue, and the idea that you can just “swap in” another intellectually demanding task means you’re treating your body/mind as a machine
a better approach would be “the time you spend scrolling could be spent taking a stroll/napping/staring out the window/having a meandering conversation with a friend”. that’s both more palatable and probably what we’re actually craving when we reach for our phone: a brief break from the demands of life, and a time to let our mind relax
Wow. The Pope was just asked his stance on migration. His answer is amazing:
“I would change the question: what is the global North doing to help the global South in its situation that forces them to migrate.”
Vietnamese residential architecture is quietly one of the best in the world. Not because of budget or technology, because it starts with people.
A man grew up in the Northwest mountains. When it came time to build his own home, he didn’t want anything modern. He wanted trees. He wanted the feeling of his childhood house hidden under green canopy.
So Trung Tran Studio built around what was already there; existing trees, stone outcroppings, the slope of the land. The floor plan bends to avoid cutting a single root. The brick, the clay tiles, the moss-covered textures; nothing announces itself.
The house looks like it has always been there.
More photos in the comments🧵
📍 Sơn La, Vietnam 🇻🇳
🏛 Trung Tran Studio
📷 Triệu Chiến