“I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the culture of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible.”
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Curiosity and identity are not enemies. You can throw the windows open to ideas, music, food, and thinking from everywhere without letting any single gust knock you over. The trick is staying grounded enough to absorb what is useful and let the rest simply pass through.
When to use it
- Moving to a new country, you learn the local customs and language while keeping the traditions you were raised with.
- A designer studies rival styles from across the world yet keeps a voice that stays recognizably their own.
- At a dinner with friends of many faiths, you listen closely to each without abandoning what you believe.