"Curiosity is like stained glass because it's different from the inside and out." ~ Amber Wiley
#curiosity #analogy #choosetobecurious
Who recognizes these windows? I burst into tears inside this church because it was so beautiful. Lest we think buildings don't matter...
View up small city street that has been painted with a bright modern pattern, lined with older brick and stone buildings, with festive lights strung between the buildings.
"There are clues everywhere," Amber Wiley assures us.
A reminder to be present for the people, places and policies that shape the world around us.
Link to great convo below.
“Do people actually care about this?" Amber Wiley wondered aloud, "Are they curious? Yes. No. Maybe. When it comes to the fore, people have thoughts and ideas — and questions.”
Curiosity, community engagement, planning & historic preservation all in a new light.
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On April 15, @kpfa.org celebrates 77 years providing top-notch, independent community media. Congratulations to all the people who have made that possible across all these years!
So pleased to be on this curiosity adventure with you all...
(You can show them some love at support.kpfa.org )
Just minding my own business, enjoying the morning sunshine as I catch up on some reading, when -- BAM! -- Ken Woodward of @curatedquestions.bsky.social hits me with this one...
"The stories that are spun out, in the to-be-taken-in narrative, usually you find out they're not true...We latch on. We don't see anything else....and there is much else to see." ~Lady Borton
Link to our conversation about "not knowing" as a way to #choosetobecurious below
"I don't know and I don't assume I know, so I ask odd questions" and other #curiosity wisdom in this week's Choose to be Curious conversation with journalist and writer Lady Borton.
Lady Borton has spent many years living and working in Viet Nam collecting stories and history — trying to make sense of the era, the place, the people — before the stories are lost to time.
“Because I don’t know and don’t assume I know, I ask odd questions.”
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"Having the right questions (or better questions) might actually be better than having the "right answers". ~ TeRay Esquibel
I asked for his curiosity practices and got some solid advice from TeRay Esquibel at Purpose Commons. #AskMoreQuestions
Thrilled to be part of the @kpfa.org lineup. #choosetobecurious
In the words of my guest's wise son: purpose is maintained, not obtained.
Link to convo below.
"It gives us a chance to demonstrate how community wisdom ... can actually drive rigorous, relevant, meaningful academic research. And that's the meta goal here: can we reframe how knowledge is cultivated and whose questions count?" ~ TeRay Esquibel, Purpose Commons
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Curiosity Practice: Stay in the question longer.
Great discussion with Wikimedia Foundation's Lisa Seitz Gruwell on what we can learn from Wikipedia about getting closer to the truth.
Link below.
"If you're just trying to get quick answers all the time, curiosity gets a little constrained," observed Lisa Seitz Gruwell of @wikimediafoundation.org in this rich conversation about the future of our information landscape and making time for curiosity.
Link to full conversation below.
“We’re not looking for the surface level understanding. We’re trying to cater to people who really want to understand a topic.” ~ Lisa Seitz Gruwell, @wikimediafoundation.org
@wikipedia.org knows a thing or two about how our #curiosity shows up.
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"The essential question of news is: why?"
Storm Lake Times Pilot editor Art Cullen boils it right down. Great conversation about curiosity and (indispensable) local media.
Today is the spring equinox—a hinge moment of the year. Notice one “returning” thing: birdsong, warmer air, longer light.
A slightly fuzzy view of the national Capitol, as seen thru binoculars.
"Democracy demands curiosity," says Storm Lake Times Pilot editor Art Cullen, "because if you don't ask why, you don't care."
#choosetobecurious
I love when this kind of thing happens.
I hope you'll listen to Ep. #319 on this 3/19, if for no other reason than the delightful serendipity of it all. Joy is in the small things.
Link to show below....
"[Independent journalism is] foundational," says news editor Art Cullen, "because the presumption is that you have an informed democracy in order to have viable elections & community journalism is that basic bridge between power and the people."
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