So I've recently come into a bit of an epiphany about life, so I thought I'd share with the class.
Browsing around ACES today and looking at my bookbag, I decided to remove Physics 53 from my Primary and thought what other classes I would take in its stead. My first thought was "Oh good now I have room to take another math class". HUH?!? *shakes head* whoa there, as much as I like math, that thought really scared me. Two math classes at once is quite a bit of work. And pile on top of that an Econ (though granted, it should theoretically be a review for me, *theoretically* is the key word) and a probably reading/writing-intensive history.
Flash forward a few hours and I'm browsing the Internet looking at random artist's webpages where they display their pieces in a very nicely done flash site. One Anya Belkina's work really impressed upon me, and when I clicked over to her contact info, my eyes fells upon "belkina@duke.edu". She's here! She's friggin is an art professor HERE! (Can I just say that I'm completely in love with Duke all over again?) So I bung her an email immediately relating the extraordinary coincidence, went back to ACES and found out she was teaching Intro to Graphic Design next semester. Should I?
I've taken art lessons for a long long time and really enjoyed the escape all throughout several rigorous high school years. It was a creative outlet. And I miss it. I haven't painted/drawn something in ages. Anyway, Intro to Graphic Design is definitely a possibility right now.
And then I got to thinking about how much I like the creative arts. Visual, music, film (and dance, which is something I regret not getting into earlier in life, but hopefully will try during my years in college). Sheesh I feel bipolar right now. I rational and logical and numbers-y, but at the same time I'm so into artsy stuff. I guess the perfect dichotomy would be for me to have a practical safe and secure job while doing art/music stuff on the side as a hobby. I really should look into doing graphic design commercially. Just need to build up a portfolio....
Call this a...fork in the road. Of course, there's no question of changing my major or deviating from my path in mathematics, I'm too rational and I like math too much for that. But I think I'd like to be more open to other possibilities of intellectual stimulation.
Take astronomy for instance. I love love loved it as a kid. I used to get these pamphlets in the mail when I was in middle school. Every week, one or two placard-dealios would come in the mail. Each had a topic like "Blackholes" or "Time Travel" or "Parallel Universes". They were these two page fold-out things that gave the basic facts and had really nice photos of everything. It also came with a big binder to collect them all in. I wonder if I still have it at home. But Duke doesn't really offer much in the way of astronomy (nor do most colleges I guess, unless I went to...I dunno Montana Institute for Astronomy or some fictional place like that). Still, it's something I find interesting and would like to explore. Many applications from Physics and Math of course, though the calculations side of astronomy probably wouldn't appeal to me as much.
So anyway, really into Jason Mraz right now. Very mellow, great voice. Can do wonders with his mouth. *swoon*. Ridiculously excited to see him perform now. He's recorded many concert albums and he sounds great live. I wonder why more people don't appreciate him. I think he's a true musical talent.
I need to find a job.
I have a test tomorrow. Need to study more.
Hi Alex, you're probably the only other person who reads this...which is probably a good thing.
So I'll go polish off that bottle of Mountain Dew still sitting on my desk and set my alarm for 7:30 am.
Goodnight.
Browsing around ACES today and looking at my bookbag, I decided to remove Physics 53 from my Primary and thought what other classes I would take in its stead. My first thought was "Oh good now I have room to take another math class". HUH?!? *shakes head* whoa there, as much as I like math, that thought really scared me. Two math classes at once is quite a bit of work. And pile on top of that an Econ (though granted, it should theoretically be a review for me, *theoretically* is the key word) and a probably reading/writing-intensive history.
Flash forward a few hours and I'm browsing the Internet looking at random artist's webpages where they display their pieces in a very nicely done flash site. One Anya Belkina's work really impressed upon me, and when I clicked over to her contact info, my eyes fells upon "belkina@duke.edu". She's here! She's friggin is an art professor HERE! (Can I just say that I'm completely in love with Duke all over again?) So I bung her an email immediately relating the extraordinary coincidence, went back to ACES and found out she was teaching Intro to Graphic Design next semester. Should I?
I've taken art lessons for a long long time and really enjoyed the escape all throughout several rigorous high school years. It was a creative outlet. And I miss it. I haven't painted/drawn something in ages. Anyway, Intro to Graphic Design is definitely a possibility right now.
And then I got to thinking about how much I like the creative arts. Visual, music, film (and dance, which is something I regret not getting into earlier in life, but hopefully will try during my years in college). Sheesh I feel bipolar right now. I rational and logical and numbers-y, but at the same time I'm so into artsy stuff. I guess the perfect dichotomy would be for me to have a practical safe and secure job while doing art/music stuff on the side as a hobby. I really should look into doing graphic design commercially. Just need to build up a portfolio....
Call this a...fork in the road. Of course, there's no question of changing my major or deviating from my path in mathematics, I'm too rational and I like math too much for that. But I think I'd like to be more open to other possibilities of intellectual stimulation.
Take astronomy for instance. I love love loved it as a kid. I used to get these pamphlets in the mail when I was in middle school. Every week, one or two placard-dealios would come in the mail. Each had a topic like "Blackholes" or "Time Travel" or "Parallel Universes". They were these two page fold-out things that gave the basic facts and had really nice photos of everything. It also came with a big binder to collect them all in. I wonder if I still have it at home. But Duke doesn't really offer much in the way of astronomy (nor do most colleges I guess, unless I went to...I dunno Montana Institute for Astronomy or some fictional place like that). Still, it's something I find interesting and would like to explore. Many applications from Physics and Math of course, though the calculations side of astronomy probably wouldn't appeal to me as much.
So anyway, really into Jason Mraz right now. Very mellow, great voice. Can do wonders with his mouth. *swoon*. Ridiculously excited to see him perform now. He's recorded many concert albums and he sounds great live. I wonder why more people don't appreciate him. I think he's a true musical talent.
I need to find a job.
I have a test tomorrow. Need to study more.
Hi Alex, you're probably the only other person who reads this...which is probably a good thing.
So I'll go polish off that bottle of Mountain Dew still sitting on my desk and set my alarm for 7:30 am.
Goodnight.
2 comments:
Yeah I may be the only person to read this but that's fine by me. At least there is one place that i can go and occasionally see what you're thinking. Especially considering how little you find the time to tell me that particular stuff. :-)
Hey, I don't appreciate being left out! I read it too... hmph!
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