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contemplative-thinking

Philosophical reflections on attention, presence, and mindful living in a distracted world. These essays explore the art of deep thinking, the value of apparent idleness, and the wisdom found in slowing down. For readers seeking thoughtful perspective amid life's acceleration.

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Interlude: the time of things
Interlude: the time of things

What geology and physics can teach us about our human nature

by João Sevilhano Jun 28, 2025
The Comfortable Wisdom of Empty Boxes
The Comfortable Wisdom of Empty Boxes

When someone tells me I need to “think outside the box,” I develop a sort of metaphysical hives. The same happens with “step out of your comfort zone.” The reaction intensifies when these pearls of wisdom come from people so comfortably settled in their own enormous boxes.

by João Sevilhano Jun 14, 2025
Boredom as Blasphemy
Boredom as Blasphemy

We’ve turned productivity into a religion and boredom into blasphemy. Even our vacations become performances of hyperactive rest. What if doing nothing isn’t laziness but the most radical act of resistance in an achievement-obsessed world?

by João Sevilhano May 31, 2025
The Revolution Will Not Be Psychologized
The Revolution Will Not Be Psychologized

We’ve turned pain into pathology and healing into a business plan. But what if our symptoms aren’t signs of brokenness, but clues that something larger is sick, and screaming to be overthrown?

by João Sevilhano May 24, 2025
Interlude: On Certainty, Movement, and the Art of Contradiction
Interlude: On Certainty, Movement, and the Art of Contradiction

Where certainty meets doubt, stillness contains movement, and effort undermines itself. The following fragments, now woven together, explore the fertile space between opposites – where our most profound insights emerge not from resolving contradictions but from dwelling within them.

by João Sevilhano May 17, 2025
The Curious Middle: Beyond Accusation and Doubt in an Age of Certainty
The Curious Middle: Beyond Accusation and Doubt in an Age of Certainty

In a world that increasingly demands absolute positions, the space between conviction and uncertainty becomes the most fertile terrain for genuine thought. Yet this middle ground is rapidly disappearing from our conversational landscape.

by João Sevilhano May 10, 2025

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