How The New York Times’ Larry Buchanan Uses Art as a Tool for Fighting Distractions
Once a month on a Monday, Larry Buchanan dares the reader to do something novel – sit still and pay attention. Buchanan, a graphics and multimedia editor at The New York Times, produces the 10-Minute Challenge, which invites readers to be more present in a world filled with technological distractions. In each edition, he arms readers with an image, a prompt, and a ten-minute timer to train a muscle that has atrophied in many of us.
When Buchanan first pitched the challenge in 2023, his editors were skeptical about the idea. They wondered if encouraging readers to slow down by analyzing art…
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