"Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?" It's the title of a widely known painting by French artist Paul Gauguin. It's famous, it's beautiful, it's symbolic. If you reflect on the first question, "Where do we come from?" you may feel like wondering. Yes, when, where and what was our "origin"? Many might find this question useless. Why do you need to know what happened in a past that has no bearing on your present life? It sounds logical. But, is it really? If this were true, you could just go on living day by day without ever trying to understand the reason and the meaning of what happens to you, in your life. You can certainly do that, and be okay, but...wouldn't it be a bit reductive to limit yourself to only look at what is around you, without wanting to know what is "beyond"? A healthy curiosity is what has encouraged human beings to move forward, to progress, to be "more". Wouldn't it be interesting to also know when and where and how it all started?
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