Curiosity Creates
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Path Of Curiosity
Try Something That Hasn’t Been Tried Before
“I must say that I get impatient with fiction that doesn’t try something that hasn’t been tried before, preferably with the medium itself.” J. M. Coetzee Try something you’ve never thought before? Try something couched in fear, lingering deep in your mind? Try something no one has tried before? Can you feel it,…
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The Cure For Boredom Is?
"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." Dorthy Parker A light turned on when I least expected it. I'd been sitting with my feet up on my desk staring at a poster on the wall. The poster a hand written map with three simple words, What, Why and How starred…
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If Curiosity Killed The Cat, What Happened Next?
“If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.” Holly Black Imagine for a moment, if you will, carrying around a terrible weight expanding within your mind, grinding upon your shoulders and quite possibly burning ferociously within your soul. The weight is comprised not of traditional molecules that make up the things…
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Certainty Is Absurd And Curiosity Is The Cure
“Doubt is not a Pleasant condition, but certainty is Absurd.” Voltaire Most people I’ve come in contact with spend their lives searching for certainty, but if you spend a bit of time thinking about it you’ll soon see that certainty is absurd. The whole notion that we can be certain about anything is the number…
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Invent The Universe Within Each Question
“Each Moment Opportunity Asks Us To Invent The Universe” I’m overwhelmed at times by the thought of infinite opportunities freely presenting themselves all around us. Think how extraordinary it is to be alive and aware that we live in a stream of opportunities washing over us as if we were standing under a great waterfall.…
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Seeking What Is True Is Not Seeking What Is Desirable
“Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.” Albert Camus
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The Little Girl Who Asks Why Is The Sky Blue?
“The little girl who asks “why is the sky blue?” becomes the woman who can change the world.” Sheryl Sandberg
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Lose Our Fear Of Being Wrong
“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” Joseph Chilton Pearce From time to time I get the urge to ask people I don’t even know, “what’s fuels your fear of being wrong?” My wanting to ask the question does not come from a need to motivate them down a…
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Love Alone Must Expand Your Curiosity
“Men used to write for love alone; now they write for money.” Pindar The discussion about how creativity can easily be corrupted when it’s fire is stoked with money is an ancient one and while I tend to agree I don’t believe it rests on a black and white understanding. But I do believe the…
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Discover Curiosity New Each Day
“The first and the simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is Curiosity.” Edmund Burke
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Maintain Your State Of Doubt And Inquiry
“To maintain the state of doubt and to carry on systematic and protracted inquiry — these are the essentials of thinking,” John Dewey
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Curiosity Fuels A Vigorous Intellect
“Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect” Samuel Johnson A vigorous intellect, now there’s something to think about. My first impression upon seeing the above quote was one of movement, one of gears meshing and cranking the workings within my mind. Cranking forward, with a drive to know something…
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