https://www.insidehook.com/wellness/inside-space-out-competition
"On a busy October afternoon in Ark Karajan Place in the bustling Tokyo
Metropolis, 70 people took their places, plopped down inside a taped-off square
of floorspace and…did nothing.
At first glance, there was nothing to link these people. This wasn’t a climate
protest, or a political movement. They weren’t angry about the economy. They
weren’t interested in gender rights, more days off of work or whether the
trains ran on time. Their ages, backgrounds and even nationalities varied.
The one trait they did share was a massive, near-overwhelming sense of stress
in their daily lives.
By taking a seat in a busy public space resembling not so much a zen garden,
but a shopping mall with vines climbing towards high, vaulted ceilings, this
disparate group was taking a stand against the noise of their own minds. This
was no silent demonstration, but a fiercely competitive 90-minute challenge in
which Japan’s most stressed out people came to do as little as humanly
possible."
Via Esther Schindler.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
