people ask, “how can I recover my sense of wonder?” take an interest in things. visit art galleries, hit up the library and discover-browse. read widely. learn new languages, new words. watch old films. the world is a wonderful place but wonder is a muscle that must be cultivated like any other.
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Even in cities, a tree here, the shapes of its leaves against the sky; a tiny flower sprouting forth from a crack in the concrete.
And in the countryside, the wilds, the wonderwoods, the star-strewn skies.
Inhale the air, everywhere.
“I’m very concerned that our society is much more concerned with information than wonder, in noise rather than silence. How do we encourage reflection? … Oh my, this is a noisy world.”
The best fuel for wonder is knowledge. Learning begets more learning, and creates wonder thus.