Your actions are how you embody your identity. They are evidence to others, and to yourself, of who you are. For practical purposes, you are what you do
There’s learning, and there’s learning about
Learning to do something involves the whole body. Learning about something does not
Imitation is not just flattery
"I wonder what’s it like to do that."
"I wonder what it's like to be that."
Imitation is a great way to answer those questions
Attention as generosity
Simone Veil wrote: "“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”