These two voices, active commitments, frame the central elements of this book: how intuitively sensed possibilities and analytically disciplined action meet. It was within this tension that my own sculpting journey has unfolded.
When Intuition Invites the Analytical Mind to Dance
Good epidemiologic research demands logic, rigor, and objectivity. These cardinal virtues are essential to scientific progress, but they are not sufficient. Intuition and creativity also play a key role. Unfortunately, an emphasis on scientific rigor can translate into a distrust of less structured processes. Intuition may be dismissed as irrelevant, trivial, and even “unscientific.” Nothing could be further from the truth. The history of science is rich with examples of intuition and creativity at the very core of the scientific process.
Allen J Wilcox; Cortese, Marianna; Baravelli, Carl M: Skjaerven, Rolv
Author Information Epidemiology 29(6):p 753-755, November 2018
Until One Is Committed
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy,
the chance to draw back.
Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation),
there is one elementary truth,
the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans.
That the moment one definitely commits oneself,
then Providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one
that would never otherwise have occurred.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision,
raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents
and meetings and material assistance,
which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
Begin it now.
Johan Wolfgang von Goethe