Curiosity research
What does pushing boundaries look like in practice? We can think about it in three ways. First, we’ll want to address hard problems or seize exciting opportunities. Second, we identify an outer limit and aim to disprove that a boundary exists. That is, we go where no one has gone before. Finally, and bringing points one and two together, we’ll look
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When you find something that you are passionately curious about, rather than initiating it in private, go public. Going public with your curiosity project, either orally or in writing, can give you the momentum to go through with it. Talk to someone you respect, and tell them about your long-term goals and how you intend to achieve them.
Dr Costas Andriopoulos • Purposeful Curiosity
Who is doing this kind of research as leisure activity? Artists, often. To return to the site that originally inspired this post—I’d say that the artist/designer/educator Laurel Schwulst uses Are.na to develop and refine particular themes, directions, topics of inquiry...some of which become artworks or essays or classes that she teaches.
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Celine Nguyen • research as leisure activity
Write a one-page story. Name the problem you want to solve or the world you seek to explore. Explain why you should care about this or why this journey is so hard. Finally, show how you see yourself setting this in motion. Make yourself the protagonist of the story. Use this story to think about the first steps or actions you would take to get
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Research as leisure activity is directed by passions and instincts . It’s fundamentally very personal: What are you interested in now ? It’s fine, and maybe even better, if the topic isn’t explicitly intellectual or academic in nature. And if one topic leads you to another topic that seems totally unrelated, that’s something to get excited... See more
Celine Nguyen • research as leisure activity
Use a five-step strategy to make the curiosity journey work: 1. Set boundaries. 2. Take small steps to build a rhythm. 3. Cut down the intermediaries so that you experience the world through your own (or your team’s) eyes. Get up close and personal to foster direct experiences with all your senses. Virtual replicas can never replace the real thing.
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Research is formalised curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. Zora Neale Hurston
Russell Davies • Do Interesting: Notice. Collect. Share. (Do Books Book 36)
"We often hear about passion, but it’s a temporary, fleeting fire that can burn out just as quickly as it ignites. Curiosity, however, is a deeper and more enduring drive. It’s a quiet but constant force that propels us forward, making us seek knowledge and new experiences without the pressure of instant results.
In a world that idolizes passion, cu