“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when one contemplates the mysteries of eternity, or life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries to comprehend only a little of this mystery every day.” (300 words)

- Albert Einstein

Write about a personal experience or an aspect of the world that has engaged your curiosity or inspired awe in you.

316-word version:
...His name is John Nash. Watching a flock of pigeons flying away, he stands up, with chalk in his hand. He begins to write down countless arrows and mathematical symbols. All the white geometrical equations become art, just as the stained glass in a medieval cathedral. He had expressed the locus of the birds’ motion on the glass through equations...