The Book of Delights
by Ross Gay
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Ross Gay describes delight not as a passive emotion, but as an active discipline—how does reading about his daily practice challenge or change your own definition of joy?
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How does Gay balance the acknowledgment of heavy societal realities, such as racism and sorrow, with his intentional search for small wonders?
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If you were to commit to writing your own daily "delight essay" for a week, what is an ordinary object, encounter, or moment from your daily routine that you would capture first?
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