Astonishment and delight

dilettante (/ˌdɪlɪˈtanti,ˌdɪlɪˈtanteɪ/)

mid 18th century: from Italian, ‘person loving the arts’, from dilettare ‘to delight’, from Latin delectare .

You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment.*
Annie Dillard

What is your unwaning delight,
Your perpetual astonishment?

You must not let anything take these from you, or
become some obstacle to them.

Do not tell yourself,
Someday, I will find the time for them.

Now is the time, you are where they meet –
We’re here waiting for the magic.

*Rob Walker’s blog The Art of Noticing: Olfactory Work.

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