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posted by drew

06.20.09

Yesterday I grabbed the dictionary off the shelf for the first time in a while. I wanted to look up the word "Mammon," to get the exact definition for my son, who's considering it as a name for his newly-formed metal band. But of course once I opened the pages, so many words spilled out that I got lost along the way to my intended destination.

This is one reason I love books.

I've always been a proponent of what I call "random research," because this is where serendipity and synchronicity can flourish and creativity is given space to leap. If you surround yourself with fantastic books, each one is like a beehive with 80,000 ideas buzzing inside. Open it, and any one might sting you.

 


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Drew Dellinger

Drew Dellinger is a spoken word poet, professor, activist, and founder of Poets for Global Justice. He has inspired minds and hearts at hundreds of events in many countries, performing poetry and keynoting on justice, ecology, cosmology, activism, democracy and compassion.
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