Either would be good to know. It’s funny, my whole life I’ve wanted to garden, and for the last year or so I’ve been calling some of my cognitive habits “conceptual gardening” because that metaphorical soil seemed rich with interesting metaphors. Maybe I should, like, actually garden. I like this idea of practicing caring for things, and I naturally tend to cultivate people and ideas, so I wonder if I’ll like gardening a lot. …Honestly I feel pretty stupid for not thinking of this earlier.
(Will_Newsome: First ever human to go into a hypomanic episode simply due to considering the prospect of majoring in botany? Could be! “But Will, what about saving the universe, and justification, and being perfect, and FAI, and God, and all those things you’ve incessantly talked about for years now!” “No dude, trust me, it’s all about looking very closely at plants.”)
Either would be good to know. It’s funny, my whole life I’ve wanted to garden, and for the last year or so I’ve been calling some of my cognitive habits “conceptual gardening” because that metaphorical soil seemed rich with interesting metaphors. Maybe I should, like, actually garden. I like this idea of practicing caring for things, and I naturally tend to cultivate people and ideas, so I wonder if I’ll like gardening a lot. …Honestly I feel pretty stupid for not thinking of this earlier.
(Will_Newsome: First ever human to go into a hypomanic episode simply due to considering the prospect of majoring in botany? Could be! “But Will, what about saving the universe, and justification, and being perfect, and FAI, and God, and all those things you’ve incessantly talked about for years now!” “No dude, trust me, it’s all about looking very closely at plants.”)
Elementary but amazing—dear WATSON