![]() ![]() ![]() “To be alive is to be in transit,” Odell writes, drawing on diverse theorists and case studies to illustrate the ways in which time is fragmented, monetised, politicised and, ultimately, used to manipulate and possess us. Saving Time acts as its sequel, with Odell developing her themes of work, community and resistance, this time through the lens of time. Less a self-help book than a study of the ways in which technology, work and the capitalist spirit of competition affect us, it argued that our attention can ultimately be reclaimed, and can break free from these influences. I hope she knows that her first book, How to Do Nothing, did the same for this reader and, I suspect, many others, during the same period. In Saving Time the author, artist and educator Jenny Odell writes that visits to public parks “saved her life” during the pandemic. ![]()
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