Contemplating things.
I’ve been thinking a lot about education, from how we teach our youth to how we teach ourselves. My favorite way to learn is by doing. By getting my hands dirty, performing experiments, testing to see what happens, and making note (maybe only mentally) of what I learn, I seem to both retain better, and…
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If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the sea. Antoine De Saint-Exupery I’m not sure why this quote stuck with me. My mom used to read The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery,…
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In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone. ~ Rollo May Why did this quote stand out to me? Why share it here? I guess I think about solitude a lot. I do my best work (or so…
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The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed. ~ Ernest Hemingway Why share this quote? Why did it have an impact on me? The last words hit me…
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