All the time. All the time.
Sometimes it’s something I encounter in the world, whether it’s on the scale of a strange insect or a unique environment (for instance, the Badlands of South Dakota). Sometimes it’s something weird or wild that I happen across on the Internet. from a type of food that boggles the imagination (have a look at these ) to a surprising car.
And I frequently run across new words. As it happens, I’m currently reading this book a little at a time (nibbling at it, as if it were a giant candy bar), and it is full of them.
In this political season, I discover a lot of ideas that I wouldn’t have been capable of thinking of on my own. Blaming Obama for sunspot activity, for example.
I think that if a person stays actively open to new experiences and new ideas, he or she is sure to find them.