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Sustained Wonder
Ultimately, nothing can be understood. But we strive to understand. It is called wonder.
Ultimately, nothing can be understood. But we strive to understand. It is called wonder.
The angels hastened to indict [Ishmael], exclaiming: "Master of the Universe! Would You bring up a well for one who will one day slay Your children with thirst?" "What is he now," asked G-d "righteous or wicked?" "Righteous," said the angels. Said G-d: "I judge man only as he is at the moment."
— Midrash Rabbah on Genesis 21:17
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Creativity is an exercise in paradox.
On the one hand, creativity is the artist’s expression of self.
Yet, on the other hand, the artist must remove himself from his art, with discipline and with skill, so that his creation will appear real, as though it has a life of its own.
Creation of a universe from the void ...
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