The daily rituals of others (part one)
Murakami, jogging. Photograph by Patrick Fraser. Via: The Guardian.
Part of an installation by Sagmeister 'Everybody Always Thinks They Are Right'
Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami on writing: I get up at 4:00 am and work for five to six hours. In the afternoon, I run for 10km or swim for 1500m (or do both), then I read a bit and listen to some music. I go to bed at 9:00 pm. I keep to this routine every day without variation. The repetition itself becomes the important thing; it’s a form of mesmerism. I mesmerise myself to reach a deeper state of mind.
Stefan Sagmeister
Every evening designer Stefan Sagmeister writes down three things that worked that day. He says, “it takes minimal reflection and effort, yet it can accentuate positive thinking.”
Hans Ulrich Obrist
Hans Ulrich Obrist
Hans Ulrich Obrist, co-director of London’s Serpentine Gallery, gets sad about the decline of rituals in modern life. His day is full of them. Every morning when he wakes at 5am he reads late French Martinican writer Édouard Glissant for 15 minutes. He started the Brutally Early Club, where he meets with friends at 6.30am. Obrist says, “everyone is so busy every day; no one has any time to meet their friends any more. The solution is simple: meet earlier…The city is very magical at half past six in the morning.” He jogs daily, not to keep fit but because he likes the ritual of it. He also buys a new book each day. Busy guy.
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