When’s the last time you experienced awe and wonder?
Last weekend, I attended AURA - a light show at the Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal, Canada.
For the entire show, I felt full of wonder and awe. I found myself excited and waiting to see what’d come next. Wide-eye wonder, jaw-dropped and amazed at what was possible. I kept thinking - how did someone even envision this light show as a possibility to begin with? And then how did they make that dream a reality? It was innovation at its finest.
I couldn’t believe the things I was seeing. They used projectors and light to create amazing scenes, set to music over the architecture of the entire building. It was unbelievable. They literally transformed a building that’s 200 years old into a new, unique, innovative and immersive experience.
After the show, I found myself amazed at what’s possible. The horizon of possibility increased for me. That’s the beauty of wonder.
A Harvard Business Review article from 2021, states “research has shown that experiencing [awe] helps us transcend our frame of reference by expanding our mental models and stimulating new ways of thinking. This can increase creativity and innovation.”
The weekend is upon us - how might you experience awe and wonder?
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