#questioning mind

[misterlemonztenth]

09-22-24 | Questioning Mind | Michael Alfano | Boston | Bronze. misterlemonztenth.tumblr.com/archive

[misterlemonztenth]

06-21-24 | Questioning Mind, Michael Alfano, Bronze, Boston. misterlemonztenth.tumblr.com/archive

[misterlemonzlime]

04-07-24 | Questioning Mind. Michael Alfano. bronze. 2015. Boston. misterlemonzlime.tumblr.com/archive

[rainbowtwo]

An Open Questioning Mind

‘Referring to the dharma, the Buddha said, “ehi passiko,” which means “come and see,” or “come and investigate,” not “come and believe.” An open, questioning mind is not regarded as a drawback to followers of the Buddha-dharma.’

- Ani Tenzin Palmo, Necessary Doubt. 

[mindfulstoryteller]

Questioning Mind

I read somewhere once that its the questions we can’t answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think if you give a man an answer, all he gains is a small fact but give him a question and hell find his own answers.

I think this is a moving statement and I have accepted it with much truth. Give me questions to ponder, and I am at ease.

[childsmindinnovation]

Why can't I see the photograph right now?

~ A question asked in 1943 by Edwin Land’s three-year-old daughter, after he’d snapped her picture with a standard camera. Rather than dismissing this question as an impossibility, Land took inspiration from it, decided this question deserved a good answer and in February of 1947 he proceeded to invent instant photography with the world’s first Polaroid camera via his company Polaroid. Technology that unleashed one of the most creative movements in the history of the static image.

See also: Instant: The Story Of Polaroid