"That sounds like stop-and-go mindfulness--focusing on the lives of other creatures to dispel the usual mind theaters that plague us."
— Ackerman, Diane (b. 1948)
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February 4, 2012
Metaphor
"That sounds like stop-and-go mindfulness--focusing on the lives of other creatures to dispel the usual mind theaters that plague us."
Metaphor in Context
Zoogoers mainly strolled and enjoyed "exterior gazing." That sounds like stop-and-go mindfulness--focusing on the lives of other creatures to dispel the usual mind theaters that plague us. A 2009 study by animal scientists in Japan showed that zoo visitors leave with significantly lower blood pressure, and they report feeling less stressed.
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Diane Ackerman, "Why We Love Zoos" in The New York Times (February 4, 2012), printed in the Sunday Review, 8. <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
02/08/2012
