One morning, I woke up with an intense craving to learn about salt. I realized I knew almost nothing about it. So I cleared my afternoon, went to the library, gathered every book and article that seemed remotely interesting, and disappeared down a rabbit hole.
It's an invitation to spend time with a subject, however niche or ordinary it may seem. To read widely, take notes, follow tangents, and write down what you discover. Mostly, it's an excuse to be curious together.
There was something deeply satisfying about following a curiosity all the way through. Learning obscure facts about salt scratched an itch I didn't know I had.
A Brief Study Of: comes from that afternoon.