Where did “questions” originate from? Who discovered or invented “questions”?
What would happen if we did not have “questions”?
For a question is the birth of curiosity. And before we get the answers, what happens in our minds is the birth of imagination.
The effects of questions are valuable and is called knowledge
One of the side effects of questions is imagination.
Somewhere between the ‘question’ and the ‘answer’ lies ‘imagination’.
Either imagination meets reality OR it feeds fiction.
Why? Where? When? What? How?
If one were to categorize or rank the questions, “Why” would be the mother of all questions.
Every other question has a definite answer. But “Why” never has a definite answer.
Go ahead, I encourage you to do this mental exercise before you read on.
My daughter asks this mother of all questions at least 100 times a day.
It sometimes teases our knowledge, invokes imagination and most of the times irritates us.
However, we still encourage her to keep asking this question. Every time we see her take the “Why” route, we can see all the dimensions being covered. Her eyes lights up if she finds an answer. If not, some days down, we realize that unanswered question is now a figment of her imagination.
Do we ask so many questions? Do we fear being judged based on the questions we ask?
The opposite or the other end of the spectrum of not asking questions is called presumption or assumption. Commonly known as making an “ass” out of “u” and “me”.
Now, think about it. Assumption is born out of imagination. It takes the reverse route. If it is not fed well by knowledge, it grows into incorrect answers being passed on. This is neither fiction nor reality. This is probably what is known as the “grey” area.
I'd like to let my life be colourful. I will continue to ask questions.
Will you?
PS: My last question has a definite answer.
What would happen if we did not have “questions”?
For a question is the birth of curiosity. And before we get the answers, what happens in our minds is the birth of imagination.
The effects of questions are valuable and is called knowledge
One of the side effects of questions is imagination.
Somewhere between the ‘question’ and the ‘answer’ lies ‘imagination’.
Either imagination meets reality OR it feeds fiction.
Why? Where? When? What? How?
If one were to categorize or rank the questions, “Why” would be the mother of all questions.
Every other question has a definite answer. But “Why” never has a definite answer.
Go ahead, I encourage you to do this mental exercise before you read on.
My daughter asks this mother of all questions at least 100 times a day.
It sometimes teases our knowledge, invokes imagination and most of the times irritates us.
However, we still encourage her to keep asking this question. Every time we see her take the “Why” route, we can see all the dimensions being covered. Her eyes lights up if she finds an answer. If not, some days down, we realize that unanswered question is now a figment of her imagination.
Do we ask so many questions? Do we fear being judged based on the questions we ask?
The opposite or the other end of the spectrum of not asking questions is called presumption or assumption. Commonly known as making an “ass” out of “u” and “me”.
Now, think about it. Assumption is born out of imagination. It takes the reverse route. If it is not fed well by knowledge, it grows into incorrect answers being passed on. This is neither fiction nor reality. This is probably what is known as the “grey” area.
I'd like to let my life be colourful. I will continue to ask questions.
Will you?
PS: My last question has a definite answer.
Nice one. If you ask a question to the right person then you get a right answer and your eyes light up. But if you want to add more imagination , then ask the question to the wrong person to get the answer which leads to hundred new questions.!!!!
ReplyDelete:) haha... well said Harisha
DeleteIts indeed very interesting you choose to ponder on this very word questions - the irony that the hindi equivalent of the very first alphabet of this same word 'Q' or Kyu in hindi is a question in itself !! Now the (Con)Quest of the (Miss)ion is what the meaning of life revolves around my dear friend ! The fragments of these imaginations are nothing but art erupting from the buring desires of eagerly wanting those answers to the very questions :) and there lies the road to discoveries and rediscoveries ! The world of w's .. Who/where/what/why etc is the moderm world wide web if it were to be compared for a moment, life is all about understanding those answers shown to us NOT only on the first page of the search results, but the pages there after for THAT is where likes the world of imagination :)
ReplyDeletekya baat hai! For that is where lies the world of imagination! I likes... :)
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