The coolest things I discovered didn’t really come from doing research but rather from giving up researching and embracing connecting. Whether that means directly connecting with locals or connecting with once surroundings in a more metaphysical sense – like the kind of connecting that William Butler Yeats hints at when he says that “the world is... See more

Because when you curate, you notice.

You pay attention.

You search, you question, you explore.

You read books differently.

You listen differently in conversations.

You live more curiously.

You pay attention to what you pay attention to.

You uncover connections you couldn’t see before.

You become a scientist, not of the natural world but of whatever world... See more