To learn the most valuable lesson of artists—about noticing properly and living with eyes open, thereby savoring time—does not require creating art for galleries; rather, one can take walks in unfamiliar parts of town, ask old friends about unexplored sides of their lives, observe stars, or hold one's partner in novel ways.

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Unidentified Speaker — How To Lengthen Your Life [9POZtEhdmIY]

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we don't need to make art in order to learn the most valuable lesson of artists which is about noticing properly living with our eyes open ... we could as part of a goal of living more deliberately take a walk in an unfamiliar part of town ask an old friend about a side of their life we'd never dared to probe

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How To Lengthen Your LifeThe School of Life
Created: 8/10/2026, 11:13:48 PM

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