Topic > My father influenced my life - 926

I can't wait to peel back layer upon layer to see what's at the center. I watch the ants go about their business, I carefully observe the tiny leaves on the ground, I love seeing the sand under the microscope, I love how the mathematics looks so complex and beautiful with every little number and sign. It amazes me that subatomic particles create everything we are and experience. I'm fascinated by how a person interacts with a group, or how a seemingly complex feeling can be so simple at its root. It seems intuitive to me to look at a Pollock and peel it and peel it until I run off the road drunk. I love when I am taught another dialect, every single sound it makes. Ted Talk Benjamin Zander: The transformative power of classical music. Until I saw it I couldn't hear classical music this way. I see art in the construction of the piano, in the piece Zander played, in the way he gave his speech, in the way he communicated his emotions and creativity. When Tolstoy talks about Beethoven's 101st sonata, I cannot agree that it fails. Art lies at the very heart of the skills created to create it. Talent, skill and craftsmanship can be separated into a language of their own