Personal story on creativity's importancefrom @chels.mov

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If you are creative, don't ever give up on your passion because you will become a dangerous individual. Hi. I'm Chels. I'm a biophysics PhD student and also an artist. Paint with me while I explain why. Growing up, I was a massive art nerd. I painted, I played piano, I danced, I made pottery, I made other clay art. I just did everything under the sun. And I think when I went into these endeavors, I never questioned whether or not I'd be good at it. I just always went into it with this undeniable confidence, and college completely beat this confidence out of me. I had no time to express myself or do any of the creative work that I did when I was younger, and that just caused this black hole inside of me that I thought would be fulfilled by relationships or, you know, partying. But then I realized all I really needed was just a creative better, and that was not something I realized until later in life. I think Toni Morrison articulates this so well in her book Sula, where the titular character wreaks havoc on the town she is from. And to explain her strange behavior, Morrison writes, in a way, her strangeness, her naivete, her craving for the other half of her equation was a consequence of an idle imagination. Has she paints or clay or knew the discipline of dance or strings? Bad she anything to engage her tremendous curiosity and her gift for metaphor? She might have exchanged the restlessness and preoccupation with whim for an activity that provided her with all she yearned for. And like any artist with no art form, she became dangerous, AKA crazy. So if you are a creative person and especially if you are in STEM, don't ever drop that passion. Always make time for it. Always prioritize it because you will see that it gives you fulfillment that nothing else quite does. Anyways, follow for more of my ramblings about art and science, and here is my fear of Hinge.