3 SLOW LOOKING ACTIVITIES FOR THE HOLIDAYS For our last episode of the year, I'm sharing 3 slow looking activities for over the holidays. It’s a busy time of year and we’re all rushed off our feet. There’s also still a huge amount of uncertainty around right now just to add to the levels of stress and anxiety. Slow looking is a wonderful antidote to life in the fast lane. Looking at something slowly and carefully is in itself a rewarding process. More than that, slow looking improves your observational skills, helps us to become less distracted

5 SIMPLE SLOW LOOKING ACTIVITIES FOR SUMMER SUMMARY Today I’m sharing 5 simple slow looking ideas for the summer. In our fast-paced society, we scan, we skim and we scroll. We have forgotten what it’s like to really look at something. Slow looking is a wonderful alternative to life in the fast lane. The 5 activities I'll be sharing here are simple, effective ways to slow down, improve your observational skills and focus and notice more details around you.  You can use these slow looking activities throughout the summer - either on your own or with friends and

WHAT IS SLOW LOOKING (AND HOW CAN I GET STARTED?) INTRODUCTION Everything I do in my work is underpinned by slow looking. It has been a huge part of the way I’ve led the most engaging discussions over the last 10 years. And if you remember from episode 1, I talked about when I first discovered slow looking in 2011 when designing the Stories around the World programme at the Tropenmuseum using thinking routines (from Visible Thinking) to look at objects slowly and carefully. We had participants as young as six looking intently at objects and art

This week I’m running a Slow Looking Challenge for 150 participants via email and our private pop-up Facebook group. The first two days of this challenge focus on developing a daily slow looking practice and specifically with every day objects and activities - because slow looking is not just about art. In this week’s blog I’m showing simple ways you can practise slow looking every day - most of these suggested activities are short, simple and accessible for anyone who is interested in improving their observational skills. Why practise slow looking every day? In our fast-paced society, we scan,

Slow looking is simply the art of learning through observation. As I mentioned in last week’s post, slow looking has become hugely popular recently with many museums and individuals offering virtual sessions for lockdown. But, why would you want to slow down and spend time with just one artwork or object? Why is it important to practise paying attention and noticing more details? Looking at something slowly and carefully is in itself a rewarding process – the object or art work becomes more interesting the longer you look at it. But more than this, there are known benefits of slow