How to Find Attention, Mindfulness, and Creativity in the Ordinary | Bill Keaggy | TEDxVienna

In this funny talk Bill showcases some of his creative art projects. Bill Keaggy is the author of Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found and 50 SAD CHAIRS. His work is an ongoing experiment in exploration, re-use, and self-publishing. Most of his projects mix art and journalism, mashing collecting with connecting. They are part formal experiment, part social document, and part wellness practice. His projects about appreciating the everyday and "the life behind the things we leave behind" have been featured in The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine, amongst others. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@emmareynard5788]

oh, I collect discarded shopping lists too! I get excited when I spot one at the bottom of a trolley! I can even remember the whole list of my favourite: Ham, Newspaper, orange juice, sugar, grapes... toe cream!

[@foghound]

Thank you! my noticing/photography walks create moments of awe and joy. Hearing this talk helps me see how to take them further.

[@helenemilette5229]

Wow! Thank you! Seeing the beauty in the ordinary, what an inspiring idea! Presence, the real presence that connects us to what is really us, and to what touches us. I really enjoyed your conference, and I thank you for your generosity in sharing this beautiful idea!

[@caseyconroy4310]

Awesome talk Bill!!!

[@petermcind]

Incredible talk!

[@WisdomWorkshop]

Loved this talk so much. Loved your curation of attention !!! So fun and funny!

[@bobwiltfong5858]

Love this. Thank you, Bill. Great advice on changing your perspective to find beauty in the ordinary.

[@BillKeaggy]

Thanks Bob! Loved your talk too. And I still need to send you that business clichés poster I told you about. Will dig it up.

[@donnadavis2883]

I have my grandmother’s grocery list and I now save my 90 year old mother’s grocery list….