Dare to be naive.
R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect, author and futurist.
What’s Fuller saying? I think he’s commanding us to engage the world with a sense of wonder, freshness and innocence – much like a child. A “beginner’s mind” is open to new possibilities and not wedded to old forms. How does this relate to life stories and personal historians? One of the advantages of hiring personal historians is that they approach life stories with an open mind. They haven’t heard any of the family history and so are fresh and engaged in it’s many intricate layers. As well, I know from experience that it can be the seemingly innocent and naive question that unlocks a treasure of forgotten memories.
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