The Art of Wonder

My definition of wonder, illustrated. I felt it was time to define my blog’s namesake. 

Wonder is traditionally defined as follows: 1. (n) The emotion aroused by something awe-inspiring, astounding, or marvelous. 2. (n) Something far superior to anything formerly recognized or foreseen. 

As members of a world so increasingly rich with information, innovation, and discovery, we must extend the definition of Wonder. Wonder can no longer be contained to a single emotion, to a single response to something astounding, or to the marvelous thing itself. In this day and age, there is a steady stream of newness and revelation bombarding our senses. Thus, we must define Wonder as a state of being. 

Wonder, in the 21st century, is the decision to be curious, to sift through the mountains of information before us and find the connections between seemingly unrelated things. Wonder is an inclination towards synthesis, towards the weaving of threads. Wonder is the beautiful alchemy which results from the collision of art and science, the merging of literature and music, the fusion of history and technology. Wonder is a state of perpetual listening in search of the fundamental patterns of the Universe. 

In order to continue to progress and to flourish, human beings at every level of society must adopt this state of Wonder. Now, more than ever, there is potential, for anyone who choses to, to transcend the everyday and to reach the profound. Wonder is our vehicle to the miraculous. 

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((Heehee…I love this book so much!!))

“In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines. In two straight lines they broke their bread and brushed their teeth and went to bed. They smiled at the good and frowned at the bad and sometimes they were very sad. They left the house at half past nine in two straight lines in rain or shine — the smallest one was Madeline.”

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