"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

19 February 2011

Everywhere.

Andrew Wyeth, Wind From The Sea, 1947


Cultural Offering has distracted me ... again.

Don't extinguish the fire of your imagination by being a slave to your ideas.
- Vincent van Gogh

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have.
- Emile Chartier

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake? He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.
- Leonardo da Vinci

When we're faced with a difficult problem, the most obvious solution—that first idea we focus on—is probably wrong. At such moments, it often helps to consider far-fetched possibilities, to approach the task from an unconventional perspective. And this is why distraction is helpful: People unable to focus are more likely to consider information that might seem irrelevant but will later inspire the breakthrough. When we don't know where to look, we need to look everywhere.

Read the rest here.

Or, when all else fails ...

Get outside!
- Dad

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