The ordinary

I often forget the Improv principle of doing something ordinary. So a recent article about Einstein made good reading. In Was Einstein a Space Alien?, Dr Tony Philips suggests Einstein was in, many ways, rather good at being ordinary... and also at being curious

Not knowing. It makes some researchers feel uncomfortable. It exhilarated Einstein: "The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious," he said. "It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science."

It's the fundamental emotion that Einstein felt, walking to work, awake with the baby, sitting at the dinner table. Wonder beat exhaustion, every day.

Dr Philips works for NASA, so I wonder if he is the archetypal Rocket Scientist? Thanks to Chris Corrigan for the link.

Johnnie MoorePosted by Johnnie Moore on March 24, 2005 06:29 AM in Improv nuggets
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