Imagine

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Published Time: 2026-06-20T23:52:24Z

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# Imagine. A CORE Field Note on Curiosity and… | by Heather Wooldridge, MHS | Jun, 2026 | Medium

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# Imagine

## A CORE Field Note on Curiosity and Emotional Inheritance

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I was listening to Imagine by John Lennon in the car today and started crying halfway through the song.

Not graceful crying either. Not cinematic single-tear crying. More like: “Oh no. I appear to be emotionally unraveling at a stoplight.”

And the weirdest part is that I have heard this song my entire life.

I grew up with the Beatles. John Lennon was always my favorite, which honestly feels predictable in hindsight. My mom loved him too. My dad was more of a Paul McCartney person, and honestly, that tiny Beatles divide somehow explained a surprising amo