Quote of the Day – Tom Waits

Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.

“We have a deficit of wonder. I think it’s because of computers. When I ask people questions now, they get on their computer – `Gimme a few minutes and I’ll let you know….’ And I’m, like, ‘Nooooo!’ I want them to wonder about it, man! I don’t want to know the answer. I just want them to wonder about it.” — Tom Waits

Not everything worthwhile is coded in 1s and 0s. And an AI generated answer certainly takes the mysticism away and any opportunity for reflection on a subject… IMHO. Life does not come with a technical manual, or at least I hope so. Although reflecting on that last sentence, humans have been trying to write such a document for millennia and fighting about which is the correct document.

I do not know if Tom Waits is an acquired taste or not, but sometimes, depending on my mood, his music is all that will do.   Out of curiosity,  I went and counted.  I have 11 of his albums.

His official website: Tom Waits

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The Utter Delight of Discovering Echoes

My son was hiking with my grandson in a nature area close to their home in Fayetteville, AR.  I’ll let you figure out who is who! My grandson realized by himself that he could create an echo.  The delightful laughter is his response to this discovery and his experimenting with it.

He had been doing this for 2 or 3 minutes when my son decided he needed to video the experience.

Ah… the wonder of childhood to be delighted by simple pleasures and simple discoveries.

Grasshopper, we all need to open ourselves to such wonder.