On cultivating a child like mind

A key component of high-level learning is cultivating a resilient awareness that is the older, conscious embodiment of a child’s playful obliviousness. ~Josh Waitzkin

I'd also add: inquisitiveness.

This quote beautifully captures a principal shared in so many other texts. The Tao & Zen Mind, Beginners Mind come to me immediately as two of the many.

It is this learning and creating, while not knowing, that gives rise to our most exquisite moments of self-expression.

It is these moments that most inspire me, wether as my own creation or as witness of another's. This is the remarkable gift we have available in every moment. This is what I embrace as a process and see as a beauty of this extraordinary life.