"To foster psychological richness in our lives, we must lean into the unfamiliar, the risky, and the challenging. ... Being a generalist requires broader perspectives than being a specialist."
–– Shigehiro Oishi, Japanese psychologist, professor and author
Source. Shigehiro Oishi. Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life. New York: Doubleday, 2025; p. 91.
via: Commonplace Book, 2024, 2025, p. 50.
"It's just a truth that's unfamiliar to you."
–– Murrumu of Walubara, (b. 1974) Australian Indigenous Yidindji man formerly known as Jeremy Geia, former journalist, Australian Aboriginal activist, foreign affairs minister of the Sovereign Yidindji Government micronation
Source: The New York Times International Edition, World, Tuesday September 17, 2019, p. 3.
via: Art Alternatives Knapsack Sketchbook 2019 h, 2019, p. 30.
"I am trying to be unfamiliar with what I am doing."
–– John Cage (1912-1992), American composer, writer and artist
via: Sketchbook A (oatmeal), 2015, p. 13
