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A funny thing about curiosity - by Henrik Karlsson

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Following your curiosity, you can bring something new and beautiful into the world as a gift to others. But to go there you have to do things that others will think stupid and embarrassing.

The Green Apple, Georgia O’Keefe, 1922 Yesterday, listening to Talking Heads while making meatballs with the kids, I realized I have forgotten how curiosity is supposed to feel. The last few months my desire to know and to learn has been tuned way down. I found Wittgenstein’s Brown and Blue Notebooks somewhat interesting in November, but after 41 pages, I couldn’t make myself go on. Everything has been like that. I thought my numbness was due to all the work I had to do in September, October, November: wrapping up at the art gallery, getting a heating system for the house, changing the…

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