I've had this idea of keeping a log/blog of what's going on in my life for quite a while now. It's always hard to start. My head feels sometimes as there is nothing to write, but there is constantly something going on. I guess I've been staying away from a pen, or in this case, a keyboard just because of what I previously believed about human predisposition is still imprinted in me.
I was raised in a small city in western Poland. Throughout my childhood and college years, I would often hear about how young people can be usually divided into two groups, aspiring artists or aspiring scientists. I did not feel like I fully fit in any of them. I know that this rather shallow understanding of how and into who young people will develop later in their lives has had quite an impact on my choices. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I wish I knew that there are so many factors to shape the way we will study and that the world outside of my little city isn't only made out of either poets or doctors. Each time I would get a bad grade from let's say mathematics my subconsciousness would immediately suggest that it's because I'm obviously an artist, therefore, there is no need for me to try to grasp the subject any further than the bare minimum, also I would find a lot of confirmation for that within my environment. It did not help that our schools were severely underfunded, so many lessons would end on theory only. As one of my heroes Elon Musk has once said: "our brain will usually tend to ignore things that appear as irrelevant, and it's hard to understand new concepts if the real-life application isn't provided."
Being able to fully realise this thought was a big game-changer for me personally. I've found a lot of beauty in math and science because the more I would go into the world of music and sound design the more I would see how art and science are very closely tied to each other. How words are numbers the same way as notes are frequencies. You need to be creative to think in an abstract manner to solve certain equations. You also need to have a bit of an analytical mind to use devices or software to elevate your artistic endeavours. I would imagine this more on the spectrum or web of dependencies rather than simple "zero or one" relation. This may have been always very obvious to many of you as it is to me now, but sometimes I still need to remind myself that there is not much that can stop me from acquiring any knowledge, it's the effort and energy that matters the most. I guess this optimistic post is a good way to start a blog section of this website. Hope you enjoy it.
Stay tuned.
Jake
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