18.2.10

Where to roost when your home is deforested

Hearing Jodi Sedlock speak about her personal history and path to her current profession was very interesting. Her unorthodox pathway to a career in science through the beginnings of artwork shows how people can achieve their goals through their own methods and by figuring out everything as they go along. Going to art school to find that anatomy classes and an injury lead to an internship and a desire to pursue biology is certainly not the usual way to find a profession, but it does point out that alternative avenues can be useful in finding ideal prospects.
The idea that art attracts attention needed to support scientific research as well as other avenues is very reassuring. Often many overlook how much art plays a role in the things around them by contributing something that they do not recognize or interpret as art.

I think that is very encouraging to someone pursuing art because it shows that there is a place for creativity in many areas that may not consider at first. It is true that desperation breeds both motivation and creativity. I think Jodi shows that it is possible to pursue a course that is natural in order to find what it is you want to do. Sometimes you may have to stray from your interests to find new ones. I think that my video relates to the idea of cryptic diversity that Jodi spoke of in relation to bats. Sometimes, we assume that since we are all humans or all of a particular religion, race, country, etc. we must have the similar perspectives and beliefs. However, often the people that seem the most like us on the surface end up being deceptively different and we don't really know until we look closer. The difference in bats can be small or large in something as simple as navigation when some bats have a vastly wider perception of food sources just because they see in a different way. I hope that my video demonstrates that the same is true for people. Upon closer inspection of ideas and perspectives that those in close proximity take for granted, we may realize that there is a greater variety of perspectives and methods available to us and it is foolish to settle for only one fraction of them. The Bat theme also correlates with my mentor research as I have been researching Christopher Nolan as a possible candidate. Although it is not the reason why I have been researching, Nolan has achieved a great deal of fame recently as director of the newest Batman film franchise.

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Jordan Severson



2 comments:

  1. You related Professor Sedlock’s research on bats to the exploration of human relationships in your video project.

    Prof. Sedlock discussed her personal history in relation to her current research and I wondered if in your video you are doing a similar thing. Are the histories that accompany every human relationship an important aspect to your video?

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  2. Bats seem to open us all to a world of possibilities!

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