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"Is your passion in life chilling? This one’s for you: Akshi Singh’s new book In Defence of Leisure revives psychoanalyst Marion Milner’s methods - painting, diary-keeping, intentional wandering - as a balm for modern burnout. Singh joins writer Marianne Brooker to discuss rest as resistance and play as practice."
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A event held at Bookhaus on Monday 28th July. The event starts at 18:00.
The celebrated psychoanalyst Marion Milner invented new ways of thinking about leisure. A hundred years on, Akshi Singh follows her methods, with life-changing consequences.
'Illuminating and thought-provoking' Darian Leader
'Astounding, generous, and quietly exhilarating' Daisy LaFarge
Marion Milner lived for the entirety of the twentieth century. By the age of ninety-eight she had written nine books revealing how free time and creativity are vital for a fulfilled life.
Akshi Singh was born ninety years after Milner, in Rajasthan, over four thousand miles away from where Milner lived and worked. At first glance, the worlds of these two women seem entirely separate. Yet when Singh found herself standing at a crossroads in her life and grieving personal loss, she realised the questions and preoccupations Milner was exploring were her own.
In Defence of Leisure presents Marion Milner as a writer for our times. In asking the simple question: how do I want to spend my free time? Milner developed a method for discovering her true likes and dislikes. As Singh follows Milner's approach - from keeping a diary to painting, building a home to travelling to the sea - she discovers the importance of rest, creativity and play in all of our lives, and how it can open the door to achieving what we truly desire.
Akshi Singh will be here at bookhaus, in conversation with Marianne Brooker (Intervals). Tickets cost £7 and include a glass of wine or a soft drink and £2 off the book. Presented by bookhaus.
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
'Illuminating and thought-provoking' Darian Leader
'Astounding, generous, and quietly exhilarating' Daisy LaFarge
Marion Milner lived for the entirety of the twentieth century. By the age of ninety-eight she had written nine books revealing how free time and creativity are vital for a fulfilled life.
Akshi Singh was born ninety years after Milner, in Rajasthan, over four thousand miles away from where Milner lived and worked. At first glance, the worlds of these two women seem entirely separate. Yet when Singh found herself standing at a crossroads in her life and grieving personal loss, she realised the questions and preoccupations Milner was exploring were her own.
In Defence of Leisure presents Marion Milner as a writer for our times. In asking the simple question: how do I want to spend my free time? Milner developed a method for discovering her true likes and dislikes. As Singh follows Milner's approach - from keeping a diary to painting, building a home to travelling to the sea - she discovers the importance of rest, creativity and play in all of our lives, and how it can open the door to achieving what we truly desire.
Akshi Singh will be here at bookhaus, in conversation with Marianne Brooker (Intervals). Tickets cost £7 and include a glass of wine or a soft drink and £2 off the book. Presented by bookhaus.
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
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