Learning to Learn

Natural inquisitiveness is being eager to learn and eager to explore. It is not learning in the sense of collecting information; rather, it is absorbing what is happening around us, constantly relating to it. In this kind of learning, we do not learn things so that we can use them at some point to defend ourselves. In this case, we learn things because they are pleasurable to learn, fantastic to learn. 

- from Crazy Wisdom by Chögyam Trungpa

How do you unfurl with inquisitiveness to permit your curiosity to lead into explorations?

Consider the times you have learned from an experience. 

Write about the difficult lessons and where they led.  

Scribble the pleasures and enjoyment that flowed from an event.

Move from a tight bud into the unfolding petals of a rose in your writing. 

Develop additional metaphors to expand the possibilities of ways you learned to learn.

Move into full bloom. 

Spoonerisms

William Archibald Spooner, a British clergyman and educator had to speak in public. Because of nerves, his tongue got tangled.  He would say things like "a blushing crow" when he meant  a "crushing blow." Spooner's letter reversals because legend and gave listeners a laugh.  By 1900 his name inspired the word, spoonerism.

Consider transposing words and play.  Imagine signing flosser for flying saucer.  Try having a Tun Fime.  Get into a doyful jay! Let your tang tungle.

Write About Gift Giving

The way we give and receive gifts indicates a great deal about ourselves. It takes time, thoughtfulness, and creativity to select a present for someone we care about. Often the present becomes a symbol of friendship or involves an item to fill a specific need. 

On other occasions, the gift selection feels mandatory and takes less effort.  The gift of our presence for someone in need also requires thought and skill. Self-awarensss and empathy run through the process. 

Write about gift giving and receiving.  

Begin with a present you did not appreciate at first. Why did it gain in meaning?  Or did it represent something you're still attempting to resolve?