Started reading The Theory of Everything Else, and the forward alone hit hard:
There is a concept practised by Zen gardeners called ‘the Rough Corner’. The idea being that somewhere, in every beautifully tended garden, there should remain a patch of land left completely untouched, growing wild and chaotic so as to remind the gardener of how the universe intended it to look.
I believe we should all be cultivating a healthy Rough Corner in our minds. A small nook at the back of the brain that ensures we never fail to get goosebumps when we’re told a mad-as-hell idea, no matter how batshit it may be. It’s important to keep this Rough Corner ragged and free to grow as nature intended, because great things have been achieved by those who believe in weird ideas …