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“I’m always looking for cool stuff to do because that’s what we’re supposed to do, ya know?” Thus spoke Josh Homme, the desert-born musician and frontman of Queens of the Stone Age, whose art pulses with rebellion and soul. Beneath the casual rhythm of his words lies a spark of timeless wisdom—one that calls to the restless and the brave. His statement, though simple on its surface, is a quiet anthem for the seekers, those who refuse to let life grow dull or mechanical. It is a declaration of purpose: that to live fully, one must create, explore, and act with unending curiosity.

To understand these words, we must first understand the man who spoke them. Josh Homme emerged from the sun-scorched sands of Palm Desert, California, where he and his friends birthed a new kind of music—a sound unshaped by rules or tradition. They played in open-air gatherings under the night sky, their amplifiers roaring into the darkness. There were no managers, no fame, no promises—only the hunger to make something cool, something that thrilled the heart and stirred the blood. From those wild beginnings came a truth that Homme never abandoned: that life is a canvas, and we were never meant merely to stand before it in silence.

When Homme says he is “always looking for cool stuff to do,” he speaks not of shallow entertainment, but of the human calling toward creation and discovery. The ancients knew this urge well. They built temples not because they needed shelter, but because their spirits demanded expression. The poets sang not to impress, but to give shape to the fire within. The warriors of old ventured into unknown lands not merely for conquest, but for the glory of experience, for the chance to live a story worth telling. So too does Homme remind us that it is our duty—not merely our desire—to fill our brief time on this earth with acts of wonder and imagination.

Consider the tale of Leonardo da Vinci, the eternal wanderer of curiosity. Painter, inventor, dreamer—he lived in constant pursuit of “cool stuff to do.” He dissected cadavers to understand the human form, sketched flying machines centuries before flight, and painted eyes that still seem alive today. Leonardo’s greatness was not born from duty to others, but from a deep and joyous duty to possibility itself. He, like Homme, followed the whisper of fascination wherever it led. His life reminds us that the noblest path is not always the most serious, but the most alive.

In a world that often urges us toward routine, safety, and quiet conformity, Homme’s words stand as a challenge. “That’s what we’re supposed to do,” he says—not what we might do, or should consider doing, but what we are meant to do. To create, to explore, to dream—these are not luxuries. They are the essence of our humanity. When we abandon them, we become hollow; when we chase them, we awaken. Every great movement, every revolution of art or science, began with a restless soul looking for “cool stuff to do.” It began with someone refusing to be still.

Yet this is not a call to recklessness or empty pleasure. The “cool stuff” Homme speaks of is born of passion and purpose. It is the work that excites the spirit—the music, the invention, the act of kindness, the daring idea. It is the project that keeps you awake at night not because of fear, but because your heart beats too loudly to sleep. To seek such things is to live with intention, to make every day a stage upon which your soul performs its most honest song.

And so, dear listener, take these words as a torch. Seek the cool, not as fashion, but as freedom. Chase the things that make you feel alive. Do not waste your days waiting for permission to begin. Start the project, write the song, learn the skill, travel the road, love the person. The ancients built monuments; you are called to build moments—moments of truth, laughter, and creation.

For as Josh Homme reminds us, this is what we were made for. We are the children of chaos and imagination, and our task is not to sit idly by, but to shape beauty out of the noise. Live as one who knows that life itself is a stage, and that every day is your chance to do something cool—something worthy of the miracle of being alive.