Four names for where a person stands. These are not badges or ranks. They are the distance between your face and the room you are in.
01
Before the questions
They have not taken the questions. The face is in the glass, and they do not know they are leaving. A mug is a sucker. This is not a name you earn. Finishing the questions is how you stop being one.
Stop being a Mug — Take the questions →02
Where the questions leave you
This is where the questions leave you. Full means the hand is full, and it means you have just found out you were a fool. You are very good at leaving. The moment it gets slow, dull, or uncomfortable, you go. The phone is where you go. Full is not an insult. It is the first time you see it.
03
Inside The Stay
You can see the feeling, and you can stay in it. The phone is in another room. You still want to leave, and you notice the want. A meal can finish. A dull minute can finish. You know how. You have to keep knowing.
Practice The Stay →04
When the life outcompetes the screen
The phone had made a hole. Whole is the hole closed. You have a reason to stay. The face is up. A child gets you, not the top of your head. You can be bored and remain. You do not need the lesson anymore, because the life is already there. This is why you start.
When you finish the questions and step out of Mug, you can record the one word you caught yourself leaving.
M.K. · Athens
Leaving: The silence after work · Name: Full
Elena · London
Leaving: A slow dinner · Name: Clear
Soren · Stockholm
Leaving: Unfinished writing · Name: Full
A. · Lisbon
Leaving: Waiting · Name: Full
Nikos · Thessaloniki
Leaving: Boredom · Name: Clear
L.M. · Copenhagen
Leaving: A difficult conversation · Name: Full
Mara · Berlin
Leaving: The quiet morning · Name: Clear
J. · Dublin
Leaving: Restlessness · Name: Full
Finish the questions. Then record what you saw.
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