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“wonder is unique as well because it often commingles with awe, which I think of as wonder’s larger-than-life cousin. Awe arises in moments of vastness as we feel small while gazing at an infinitely starry sky, a tumultuous and vast ocean, or a towering and cavernous Gothic cathedral. Wonder, though, can appear in the size of an ant. More than awe, wonder helps us see the familiar in a fresh, new way. We can appreciate just how extraordinary an ordinary moment can be.”
― Tracking Wonder: Reclaiming a Life of Meaning and Possibility in a World Obsessed with Productivity
― Tracking Wonder: Reclaiming a Life of Meaning and Possibility in a World Obsessed with Productivity
“some people associate joy with wonder, but they are not the same. I think of joy as wonder’s more effusive cousin, because joy beams like sunshine, whereas wonder can dwell in that emotional space between sunlight and shadow. In this sense, wonder is not partial only to happiness and is no exclusive member of the Optimist’s Club. It can be tinged with melancholy or sadness and still carry profound insight.”
― Tracking Wonder: Reclaiming a Life of Meaning and Possibility in a World Obsessed with Productivity
― Tracking Wonder: Reclaiming a Life of Meaning and Possibility in a World Obsessed with Productivity
“What, then, is this innocent painter’s special talent? Baudelaire describes Guys—and other such innovative artists—as similar to a child who possesses a ready openness and interest in surrounding things and people, no matter how ordinary or trivial. An innovative artist’s special talent is that very childlike sensibility meshed with the grown-up’s capacity for understanding and following through on a task. “Genius is the capacity to retrieve childhood at will,” Baudelaire announced. The capacity to retrieve childhood at will. Genius, like wonder, is an active trait, not an innate talent. You can track and foster wonder. You can create a new view of yourself and thus of the world around you.”
― Tracking Wonder: Reclaiming a Life of Meaning and Possibility in a World Obsessed with Productivity
― Tracking Wonder: Reclaiming a Life of Meaning and Possibility in a World Obsessed with Productivity
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