Curiosity Illuminates The Correct Path

One Of The First Things We Teach Medical Students Is To Listen To The Patient By Taking A Careful Medical History. Ninety Percent Of The Time, You Can Arrive At An Uncannily Accurate Diagnosis By Paying Close Attention, Using Physical Examination And Sophisticated Lab Test To Confirm Your Hunch (and To Increase The Bill To The Insurance Company).

A Culture Without Mythology Is Not Really A Civilisation.

Any Ape Can Reach For A Banana, But Only Humans Can Reach For The Stars.

There Is No Real Independent Self, Aloof From Other Human Beings, Inspecting The World, Inspecting Other People. You Are, In Fact, Connected Not Just Via Facebook And Internet, You're Actually Quite Literally Connected By Your Neurons.

What The Artist Tries To Do (either Consciously Or Unconsciously) Is To Not Only Capture The Essence Of Something But Also To Amplify It In Order To More Powerfully Activate The Same Neural Mechanisms That Would Be Activated By The Original Object.