‘If you have a gift for putting words together and passing exams, then the kind of education this leads into will tend to train you in being clever. Such cleverness can be a shield behind which to hide. You can get praise for the sophistication and shininess of your shield. It can take years – decades – to learn to trust that you don’t need it, that there is more power to be found in vulnerability. And if you’re lucky, having learned this lesson, you can find ways to put all the stuff you learned through your education into the service of something more worthwhile than cleverness.’ (Writing Home newsletter)
I’ve been reading this newsletter – and its predecessor – for a few years now, and it is always thought-provoking. This paragraph resonated particularly.
Shundo David Haye 