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Slow living is a lifestyle emphasizing slower approaches to aspects of everyday life. ... People every day are constantly living at a fast pace which is making them feel like their lives are chaotic – but with slow living they end up taking a step back and start enjoying life being conscious of sensory profusion.



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29/01/2017

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29/01/2017

Wild thyme harvested while shepherding.

piano piano, or slowly slowly in English. I first heard this phrase being used by my father-in-law. It was an umbrella term that he could apply to any situation or circumstance. You could tell him practically anything and his reply would be “piano piano”. Stressed at work? Piano piano. The refrigerator is broken again? Piano piano. You’ve got a new car? Piano piano there, too, my friend.

Hearing this constantly repeated in our weekly conversations, I found the chirping phrase was beginning to sink into my own vernacular. At work, in the kitchen, planning my wedding: it was all done in the mantra of piano piano.

This aphorism ties in perfectly with my own approach to the art of slow living, a movement which began right here in Italy back in the 1980’s. There are tons of articles on slow food and slow living (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_living & http://www.slowmovement.com/slow_living.php are 2 examples), so I won’t go into that here, but I want to examine what it means to me as an individual. Let’s go beyond the superficial things like buying organic or riding my bike instead of taking the car. What does it really mean to live everything piano piano?

For me it began first with the rejection of the idea that busy equals productive which equals good. As an American, I can see that’s it’s been engrained into our culture that a person who isn’t doing much, at least at face-value, isn’t worth much. Lazy is bad. Busy is good. Here in Italy, for all their flaws and shortcomings, people have not lost the appreciation for il dolce far niente, defined as:

pleasant relaxation in carefree idleness

What could we accomplish if we were truly idle? Because let’s admit, we are never idle. There’s always something that has to get done, some adult-ing that needs to be taken care of, and it never stops. But let’s imagine that we could, for a moment, live life in a constant state of meditation. In conscious mindfulness. Back in 2015, I decided to unplug the TV and put it under the bed. I was ridiculously happy to find all the other things I could do with that time, and I don’t mean laundry. We used to draw when we were children. Why did we stop doing that? I could doodle, I could make my own pasta, or take my camera down to the river and just photograph the ducks. Slow living, for me, is about eliminating the superfluous and discovering the beauty in the essential. There is an old Shaker maxim which suits this philosophy perfectly:

If it is not useful or necessary, free yourself from imagining that you need to make it. If it is useful and necessary, free yourself from imagining that you need to enhance it by adding what is not an integral part of its usefulness or necessity. And finally: If it is both useful and necessary and you can recognize and eliminate what is not essential, then go ahead and make it as beautifully as you can.”

Simple living is an idea that stretches from interior aesthetics (minimalism) to daily rituals (increased self-sufficiency) to spiritual practice (Buddhism). Everyday is an opportunity for me to deepen my piano piano lifestyle. As I begin packing boxes and preparing to leave my loft in the city for a 16th century farmhouse in the middle of a great forest, I can’t help be ask myself “what will this change mean for you?” I’ve been living in cities for over 10 years now. I can’t pretend that living in the mountains won’t change me in some way. So, being that we are at the start of a new year, I’d like to think of 2017 as my year of quiet, interior growth. I want to tuck myself into to that little country house and just write, refine my photography skills and study new dishes. With the occasional wild adventure, of course. But really refocusing on what’s essential and honing my skills and resetting my goals. It’s important that we all take time to do this and ask ourselves fundamental questions and finding honest answers. What am I doing? Why am I doing it? What is this giving back to me?

Slow living is a lifestyle that starts at home, eliminating what distracts you from pursuing what fulfills you. It’s supporting local businesses and dining on whole foods produced and sourced as close to home as possible. And most importantly, it’s approaching every moment and every challenge piano piano.

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