PATRICK AFFLECK Curious minds giving rise to new industry, new innovation and new possibilities Let me digress for a moment. In the late summerDraw Brian Blessed being shot out of a hairdryer of 2018, I returned to the UK with my younginto the mouth of a fish…). family following a 3-year stint in the USA and in all honesty, it took me a long time to readjust.As a result of building work in my home, I also Everything felt… well, a little small if I’m honest -had to seek refuge in a local co-working space the cars, the buildings, the landscape, Brexit (!)which has exposed me to some really exciting and even the business at times. We contemplatedand dynamic start-up businesses. The pandemic boomeranging back to the States after just 4has actually brought a wave of new digital months. I missed that feeling of constant discovery.entrepreneurs and start-ups that will help to fuel the post-COVID-19 economic recovery. Curious Well, I’d say that the pandemic has more or lessminds giving rise to new industry, new innovation wiped that slate clean having reawakened a lostand new possibilities. sense of interest, curiosity and excitement in my local community, surrounding area and widerSo, my hope really is for us all to remain country as a whole. Even during the various spatesrelentlessly curious in everything that surrounds of lockdown, we have found ways to remainus and the people we meet. Let’s not just return connected and inspired by our local communityto how things were. Life moves pretty fast. If you (probably one of my favourite experiences was thedon't stop and look around once in a while, you daily lockdown art challenge run by the ArtRoomcould miss it – Ferris Bueller. in Brighton, which I did with my son. Challenge #4: 21 DARE!