As children we live like no one has ever lived before, stumbling into things as if we are the first person who ever tripped over them. The problem is, as we get older, all the bumps and rough edges get worn down, and the world gradually settles into a comfortable sameness. Most of us have no idea what we’ve lost, until a child or artist comes along who makes the familiar seem unfamiliar and reawakens, however briefly, the sense of wonder that is our birthright.
- Brian H. Peterson, A Smile at the Heart of Things
