Practice Time Unbinding
Mission by Alchemilla 'Lily' Umiliata
This mission is designed to train your vegetal mind to relinquish short-term, short-lived, instrumental and individualistic advances for slower, collective cycles of growth and decay.
- find a deciduous tree in your neighbourhood
- set aside at least one hour per day to observe the tree's budding process; it is beneficial to choose the same hour every day: early morning or twilight is best
- sit or lie comfortably and gaze at one or more budding leaves: can you perceive their changes?
- observe the tree and your own reactions: does your perception of time change after an hour, a day, a month or a season?
- based on your observations, imagine what it would be like to experience time as a tree, or a forest
- continue this exercise every day until the leaves have fallen
- record your observations for posterity
- hibernate
- Estimated duration: one season to multiple lifetimes
- Estimated number of participants: from half to billions
- Vegetal mindfulness: baobab
