What A Wonderful World - Michael Buble

Claire Bown teaches people how to connect more with art. Her guide "How to Look at Art (Slowly)" is a rich compendium of curiosity practices.

Claire's professional focus is museums, but she'd be the first to tell you: the skills she shares are useful anywhere...

"As adults, we don't spend too long in observation. We tend to want to jump straight in to interpreting and what we think. It's actually quite useful for us to take a step back, and just dwell in observation for a little bit, because those details that we notice will help fuel our curiosity."
~ Claire Bown  

Photo used with permission of Claire Bown

SPROUTS 

04.12.23 / Slow Looking and Visible Thinking with Claire Bown

Killer whales, honey bees, walking dunes and hugging trees? Those are just a few of the delights awaiting those who get beyond their front doors, both literal and figurative.

Dina Pavlis has lived and played on the Oregon Coast for over 20 years. She is an avid hiker, outdoor enthusiast, nature photographer and volunteer interpretive ranger with the US forest Service. She also produces and hosts Beyond Your Front Door Northwest, a coastal adventure radio show that airs weekly in the Pacific Northwest.

I live on the other side of the continent but she has piqued my curiosity big time for a part of the country I had known little about. 

A lovely celebration of curiosity not just in work and life, but out and about!

Check outBeyond Your Front Door Northwest:  https://beyondyourfrontdoornorthwest.com

Theme music by Sean Balick. "Celestial Navigation" by Aeronaut, via Blue Dot Sessions.

CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS

Ep. #196: Beyond Your Front Door, with Dina Pavlis

Scott Sklar is a self proclaimed gadget guy. In his home, he has almost any clean alternative energy technology you can think of. On this episode, we visit him there, and he explains how he accomplished something almost no one else around here has... energy independence.

This episode has just a taste of all of the systems at Scott's house. See links below for more info:
http://www.thestellagroupltd.com/home/sklars-zero-energy-home-office/
http://energy.gov/eere/videos/energy-101-fuel-cell-technology
Arlington home energy rebates - environment.arlingtonva.us/energy/rebates/

Music
"Hurt Me" by Benjimanji is licensed under CC BY 4.0
"The Wonder" by Dave Depper is licensed under CC BY 4.0
" Cicadas in Rhododendrons on the Trail to Ghorepani, Nepal" by Samuel Corwin is licensed under CC BY 4.0
"How it Fades" by Scott Gratton is licensed under CC BY 4.0

The Gadget Guy - with Scott Sklar

Choose to be Curious is a show all about curiosity. We talk about research and theory, but mostly it's conversations about how curiosity shows up in work and life.  

Now syndicated and available via Pacifica RadioNetwork.

Ep. #196: Beyond Your Front Door, with Dina Pavlis

Choose to be Curious

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