The Architecture of Contemplation

This week, we have The Crying of the Wind, Ireland by Ithell Colquhoun.The Architecture of Contemplation is a platform to explore the ways in which presence can be regained in a pace driven culture.As part of this exploration, and linked to this contemplative container, is my experiment opening up my personal library as a shared space for unoptimised time - The Reading Room.People can book in for a two hour slot, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The desire is to create a space for attention and presence to be brought back into relationship with each other.Weekly I will share readings from the library, from the books and paraphernalia that can be discovered there.If you'd like to book in, please send a message over on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@hardeep.earth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.For more updates, subscribe to The Architecture of Contemplation podcast, and find me ⁠⁠⁠⁠@hardeep.earth⁠⁠⁠⁠. If something resonates in this episode, a nice rating or review is so appreciated, too.Always,H⁠⁠⁠⁠www.perse.london

Welcome to Contemplations with me, Hardeep Kaur. Today we are contemplating a particular kind of alienation that occurs in a world where technology grows in primacy. The work of Günther Anders emerges as a guiding provocation - in a world where humans become obsolete in the shadow of technologies that overpower their makers, a sense of shame emerges, which in turn further unmoors, and untethers us from all that feels familiar. The mythic figures of Prometheus and Circe are called upon to explore what can be done to re-negotiate a new relationship to belonging to the world.If something resonates, or speaks to you in this Contemplation, I’d love to hear from you.If you're ready, let's contemplate.HProduced by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠perse.london⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ x ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Architecture of Contemplation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Voice + Contemplation: Hardeep Kaur ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@hardeep.earth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ratings and reviews are so appreciated - it’s heartening and always edifying, to hear what lands for you.

Readings from the Reading Room.The Architecture of Contemplation is a platform to explore the ways in which presence can be regained in a pace driven culture.As part of this exploration, and linked to this contemplative container, is my experiment opening up my personal library as a shared space for unoptimised time - The Reading Room.People can book in for a two hour slot, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The desire is to create a space for attention and presence to be brought back into relationship with each other.Weekly I will share readings from the library, from the books and paraphernalia that can be discovered there.If you'd like to book in, please send a message over on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@hardeep.earth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.This week, we have The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World by Roman Krznaric.For more updates, subscribe to The Architecture of Contemplation podcast, and find me ⁠⁠⁠@hardeep.earth⁠⁠⁠. If something resonates in this episode, a nice rating or review is so appreciated, too.Always,H⁠⁠⁠www.perse.london

Welcome to Contemplations with me, Hardeep Kaur. Today we are contemplating embracing stories bigger than ourselves.What would it mean to release the story of selfhood as a means and an end in itself, and enfold our lives into a bigger narrative of connection, relationship and continuity? Over thousands years, with people we will never meet, who will never meet us? A contemplation on the big, the great, the whole.If something resonates, or speaks to you in this Contemplation, I’d love to hear from you. If you're ready, let's contemplate.HProduced by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠perse.london⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ x ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Architecture of Contemplation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Voice + Contemplation: Hardeep Kaur ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@hardeep.earth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ratings and reviews are so appreciated - it’s heartening and always edifying, to hear what lands for you.

Readings from the Reading Room.The Architecture of Contemplation is a platform to explore the ways in which presence can be regained in a pace driven culture.As part of this exploration, and linked to this contemplative container, is my experiment opening up my personal library as a shared space for unoptimised time - The Reading Room.People can book in for a two hour slot, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The desire is to create a space for attention and presence to be brought back into relationship with each other.Weekly I will share readings from the library, from the books and paraphernalia that can be discovered there.If you'd like to book in, please send a message over on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@hardeep.earth⁠⁠⁠.This week, we have The Flip, Who You Really Are and Why It Matters by Jeffrey J. Kripal.For more updates, subscribe to The Architecture of Contemplation podcast, and find me ⁠⁠⁠@hardeep.earth⁠⁠⁠. If something resonates in this episode, a nice rating or review is so appreciated, too.Always,H⁠⁠⁠www.perse.london

Welcome to Contemplations with me, Hardeep Kaur. Today we are contemplating beauty, or rather, it's disappearance in our lives.In a paradigm that seeks predictable outputs and outcomes, via extraction, utility, speed and efficiency, what happens to beauty? Is it 'worth' anything and can we make a case for re-centring it in our lives?If something resonates, or speaks to you in this Contemplation, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email, a DM over at ⁠⁠@hardeep.earth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or leave a review with your thoughts.If you're ready, let's contemplate.HProduced by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠perse.london⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ x ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Architecture of Contemplation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Voice + Contemplation: Hardeep Kaur ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@hardeep.earth⁠⁠⁠⁠Ratings and reviews are so appreciated - it’s heartening and always edifying, to hear what lands for you.

Readings from the Reading Room.The Architecture of Contemplation is a platform to explore the ways in which presence can be regained in a pace driven culture.As part of this exploration, and linked to this contemplative container, is my experiment opening up my personal library as a shared space for unoptimised time - The Reading Room.People can book in for a two hour slot, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The desire is to create a space for attention and presence to be brought back into relationship with each other.Weekly I will share readings from the library, from the books and paraphernalia that can be discovered there.If you'd like to book in, please send a message over on Instagram ⁠⁠@hardeep.earth⁠⁠.This week, we have 'The Fairy Shawl' from The Almanac - A Seasonal Guide to 2026 by Lia Leendertz.For more updates, subscribe to The Architecture of Contemplation podcast, and find me ⁠⁠@hardeep.earth⁠⁠. If something resonates in this episode, a nice rating or review is so appreciated, too.Always,H⁠⁠www.perse.london

Welcome to Contemplations with me, Hardeep Kaur. Today is an Earth Day Special.I have been known to write to the Earth, and it is a practice that I delight in. But I realise today, a regular letter isn't going to do - I must also own up to the parts of me that have not fully reckoned with how much I take for granted.An apology first, and then, an invitation to love and care for, the only home I, or you, have ever known.If something resonates, or speaks to you in this Contemplation, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email, a DM over at ⁠@hardeep.earth⁠⁠⁠⁠ or leave a review with your thoughts.If you're ready, let's contemplate.HProduced by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠perse.london⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ x ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Architecture of Contemplation⁠⁠⁠⁠Voice + Contemplation: Hardeep Kaur ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@hardeep.earth⁠⁠⁠Ratings and reviews are so appreciated - it’s heartening and always edifying, to hear what lands for you.

Introducing a new series: Readings from the Reading Room.The Architecture of Contemplation is a platform to explore the ways in which presence can be regained in a pace driven culture.As part of this exploration, and linked to this series, is my experiment in opening up my personal library as a shared space for unoptimised time - The Reading Room.People can book in for a two hour slot, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The desire is to create a space for attention and presence to be brought back into relationship with each other.Weekly I will share readings from the library, from the books and paraphernalia that can be discovered there.If you'd like to book in, please send a message over on Instagram ⁠@hardeep.earth⁠.This week, we have Medicine for the Mind from 'Ten Tales from Tibet - Cultivating Compassion' by Lama Lhakpa Yeshe.For more updates, subscribe to The Architecture of Contemplation podcast, and find me ⁠@hardeep.earth⁠. If something resonates in this episode, a nice rating and review is so appreciated, too.Always,H⁠www.perse.london

Welcome to Contemplations with me, Hardeep Kaur. Today we are contemplating the Commons.This is an exploration of what happens to our values in shared spaces, through the lens of three micro moments that I experienced.“The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.” - Wendell BerryIf something resonates, or speaks to you in this Contemplation, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email, a DM over at @hardeep.earth⁠⁠⁠ or leave a review with your thoughts.If you're ready, let's contemplate.HProduced by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠perse.london⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ x ⁠⁠⁠The Architecture of Contemplation⁠⁠⁠Voice + Contemplation: Hardeep Kaur ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@hardeep.earth⁠⁠Ratings and reviews are so appreciated - it’s heartening and always so edifying, to hear what lands for you.