Listen, and you will realize that we are made not from cells or from atoms. We are made from stories.
Mia CoutoRead
Ideas, we all know, are not born in people's heads. They begin somewhere out there, loose wisps of smoke swirling directionless in their search for a befitting mind.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Ideas come from external sources and require a receptive mind to take shape.
In this quote, Mia Couto suggests that creative ideas are not solely products of individual imagination, but rather arise from the environment and collective consciousness. He likens ideas to wisps of smoke that drift around, indicating that they are formless until they find a mind capable of capturing and shaping them into concrete concepts.
Themes
IdeasCreativityImaginationWisdomInspiration
In practice
Example use cases
In a brainstorming session to encourage team creativity.
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