My greatest intrigue and aim has always been--and I trust will always be--to attempt to see things as they really are, and not as the distortions of the rest of the world often make them seem.
It seems to be necessarily a function of who I am, but I have only in recent years finally honed and developed this part of me.
One of my favorite things to do is examine basic assumptions in everyday thought (starting with my own mind), common world-views and espoused values taken for granted, as well as unexamined cultural memes.
I am the sort that often will do this with plain and precise language when I'm serious, but I also love to be blunt and use harsh humor at times to convey an absurdity I think I detect.
I love to challenge the average person's thinking, and often I will even challenge many who imagine themselves to be resistant, against-the-grain sorts of creatures. Many who imagine they've escaped the herd still hold very commonplace inconsistencies that prop up the beliefs they hold to--beliefs they imagine make them unique (and therefore superior) among others.
I love to expose false dichotomies.
There are many areas of thought where there is a propagandized presentation of two sides of thought, meant to create the illusion that those are the only two options to choose from in reality. I attempt to sift out these false dichotomies anywhere in reality I can, and point out the fact that an immense and expansive world often stands far outside that world.
In order to think outside the box, you have to first ask if you are in one, and if you are, you must figure out how big it is and how far you must go before you will be outside of it. In our life, there are a hundred boxes we could be inside. You might get outside of one box, but still be in another, and so on.
I aim to realize, explore, and leave behind the boxes in order to better understand the world and what is true or what is not.
While over-simplified and under-examined, the term "Question Everything" has never meant more to me than it does now, and than it has in recent years.
My love of dragons began as a love of the artwork that expressed their design and majesty. That love grew into a love of the mythical portrayal of them as super-sentient, wise, ancient beings; beings that used their immense power for the defense of all good, and so were a threat to human warlords who wanted to get away with violently ruling/enslaving mankind.
I became a bit of a nerd with all things dragon-related, since I already loved fantasy art and the stories of dragons, so it spawned a fun habit among family and friends to be called "The Dragon" on occasion.
I then began considering the power of using the dragon as a sort of symbol-- the symbol of what a human can grow to become through their own journey in this world.
Allow me to elaborate on that a bit..
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What does that mean?
Humans share the remarkable ability to refine who we are, refine our ideas, and take better actions that more effectively help us reach our goals and desires.
Wisdom gained from refining our ideas and beliefs--wisdom which improves our own selves and the lives of others--becomes our WINGS.
Wisdom is our best ideas/beliefs about reality in flight,
that is, in motion, reaching the world around us.
Humans act based on what they believe is true about reality, based on their programmed assumptions (self-programmed or otherwise), and so it matters the quality or truth of what it is humans believe.
When we begin to see things as they are and act in accordance with that reality, acting on carefully thought out ideas, ideas that empower, inspire and motivate us, we are wisdom in action.