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

What might the rest of us learn from someone whose job it is to observe places really closely?

I met movie location scout Aaron Hurvitz at a wedding last summer and immediately thought (1) cool suit, and (2) interesting job – seems like  a curiosity enterprise to me! 

Aaron’s location scouting credits include Joker, West Side Story, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Maestro. He says he likes “bringing to reality what’s on the page….” Indeed!

Check out Aaron Hurvitz's work, including his location scouting and terrific street photography (alert viewers will enjoy Lafanda): https://aaron-hurvitz.com

Theme music by Sean Balick; “Clay Pawn Shop", by Castro , via Blue Dot Sessions.

CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS

Ep. #221: Seeing LIke a Location Scout, with Aaron Hurvitz

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. #221: Seeing LIke a Location Scout, with Aaron Hurvitz

Choose to be Curious

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