What more can we find?

When standing in a museum, we can gaze at a painting. I have done this my whole life, thanks to my Mom’s work as a museum docent and art historian.

Mom is a master of pulling both her children and visitors into art via storytelling. She continues to use the classic three questions posed by museum docents to visitors called Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS):

• What do you see?

• What makes you say that?

• What more can we find?

These questions are worthy of additional gaze.

When we peer down one of the streets leading to our home, we might ask ourselves what we see… palm trees, mototaxis, refresco fruit drinks, and people selling food on the street.

What makes me say that?

People, color, noise, chaos, and life.

Why?

Because of how it makes me feel.

What more could I find?

Today, I found a small printed newspaper talking about alien invasions available at the regular newsstand.

The incredible miracle of human existence is that there is always more we can find.