Montaigne said he made bouquets out of other writer’s flowers…People who continue to blossom also need to carry on processing fresh thoughts and experiences.*
Austin Kleon
Meaning and purpose are nourished by hope as the sun nourishes a seed in the earth.**
AleXander McManus
Ah, so this is why
I enjoy gathering the words of others.
They have caught my attention,
But I wonder if they may also capture yours?
Flower arrangers employ the “rule of odds”–
So I offer up three to mix with the “blooms” you’ve gathered.
This is more about curations than carnations:
New possibility through selecting, arranging, and enhancing.
I’ve shifted away from the dogma that “real” engagement means you must always summarise or restate things in your own words. If copying was good enough for history’s countless keepers of commonplace books, it’s sometimes good enough for me.^
*Austin Kleon’s blog: A spring bouquet;
**AleXander McManus’ FutureU;
^Oliver Burkeman’s The Imperfectionist newsletter: How to forget what you read.
THIN|SILENCE 