Jenny Odell
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Jenny Odell is an American artist, writer and teacher based in Oakland, California.
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6 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 1986, San Francisco; grew up in Cupertino (opens wiqqi.app)
- Based in: Oakland, California (opens wiqqi.app)
- Books: How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (2019); Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock (Random House, March 2023) (opens wiqqi.app)
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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Mastodon: @jennitaur@social.coop (opens social.coop)
“a new essay adapted from my Earth Day lecture at the College of Idaho - inspired by my friend Tom, the Santa Cruz Mountains, and James Cameron's 1989 film, The Abyss:”
- Site: jennyodell.com (opens www.jennyodell.com)
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Mastodon: @jennitaur@social.coop (opens social.coop)
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10 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The process of training in athletics shares many similarities with the process of writing a book. (opens korrents.com)
“Thanks to my trainer, when I finally went off to the gym by myself, my workouts continued to be object lessons in a kindly self-awareness and the slow but sure nature of training that, on an everyday level, shares so…”
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Writing and athletics are often viewed as a false dichotomy. (opens korrents.com)
“And if we were to dissolve the false dichotomy of art and sports, what would it allow us to see?”
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Certain thoughts and feelings can occur only in certain places. (opens korrents.com)
“What this means is that, like mountain feyness, certain thoughts and feelings can be said to occur only in certain places.”
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The process of training in athletics shares many similarities with the process of writing a book. (opens korrents.com)
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8 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Alvin Draf-Tec 0.5mm mechanical pencil (opens rcmnd.app)
“Lastly, I want to give a shout out to my very satisfying Alvin Draf-Tec 0.5mm mechanical pencil, which I use with a regular black spiral bound notebook.”
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Photoshop (opens rcmnd.app)
“Photoshop is my mainstay, for cutting things out and making animated GIFs.”
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InDesign (opens rcmnd.app)
“I use InDesign to make books sometimes.”
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Alvin Draf-Tec 0.5mm mechanical pencil (opens rcmnd.app)