Bugs, clouds, rocks, birds. Learn the names of five things outside and the walk home becomes different.
CREATIVITY
WHAT THIS MEANS
Naming changes seeing. Before you have the word, a tree is background; afterwards it is a particular thing with a season and a habit, and your eye starts finding it everywhere. The world does not become more interesting, your resolution just goes up.
Learn five names this week from the route you already walk. One bird, one weed, one cloud, one rock, one insect. A photo and two minutes each is enough, and the walk home stops being scenery.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Which five things on your route home could you learn to name?
MORE IN LEARNING & CURIOSITY
- You’re allowed to change your mind when you learn something new. That’s literally the point of learning.
- Fix one thing yourself and suddenly every broken thing looks less like a disaster and more like a puzzle.
- Notice when you stop asking questions about something. That’s usually where you started assuming.
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