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Essay / My father influenced my life - 926
I can't wait to peel back the layers and layers to see what's at the heart. I watch the ants go about their business, I look intently at the little leaves on the ground, I love seeing the sand under a microscope, I love how math seems so complex and beautiful with every little number and sign. It amazes me that subatomic particles create everything we are and experience. It fascinates me to see how one person interacts with a group, or how a seemingly complex feeling can be so simple at its core. It seems intuitive to me to look at a Pollock and peel and peel until I drive off the road in a drunken wreck. I love when I'm taught another dialect, every sound it makes. Ted Talk Benjamin Zander: The transformative power of classical music. Until I watched this, 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 delivered his speech, in the way he communicated his own emotions and creativity. When Tolstoy talks about Beethoven's 101st sonata, I cannot accept that it is a failure. Art is at the very heart of the skills developed to create it. Talent, skills and know-how can be separated into their own language