Week 1: Two Cultures

The term two cultures, is quite interesting to me because I feel like a live a two cultured life. for instance, I am a student-athlete. I play centerfield for UCLA softball, yet I am still a Political Science major. 

This is me robbing a home run, last year against Kentucky in post season. 

This is Easton Stadium, the prettiest field I have the honor to play on.

This is the Space Needle. This picture represents where I am from. I was born and raised in Seattle. i moved down to California when I was 13. 

This picture is by Azusa Pacific, but the reason why I took it and have uploaded it in this blog post, is a clear representation of my faith. I am a Christian and I will never have any fear of voicing that out.

As a softball player for UCLA, you get the opportunity to play on a team, that is basically your family. Well this group of girls in this picture are my ride or die girls. They are the best of friends and they always have my back. We are all unique and crazy, but one thing is for sure, we are a family. 

This is my family, They mean the absolute world to me. I would not be who I am today, without them by my side. 

The idea of "Two Cultures," is very powerful. I personally feel like I live a double life because I have my athletic life, as well as my academic life. However, They go hand in hand. Through my athletics, I have been given the opportunity to represent UCLA on the softball field, in addition to receiving a degree from the most prestigious university in the world. 

David Bohm, struck me very deep, with his take on creativity. He says "creativity cannot be defined in words." Interestingly enough, I totally agree. Creativity is based upon and defined by the individual. Personally, creativity is something that an individual conjured up in their mind and actually presented to someone else. However, after reading David's perspective, I found myself questioning and changing my own definition. In addition, creativity, in my opinion, is the thing that is least likely to be judged by the outsider. Judging one's creativity, is like judging someones personality or genetic make-up. Unfortunately, you can judge all you want, yet you still won't make a change in that person. 

Two Cultures is apparent in all places, even when you are not even looking. This idea speaks volumes. Everyone has two cultures. This term can be taken both literally and as a figuratively.  I am an athlete, yet I am still a student. I am an adult, yet still apart of a family. I am a teammate of UCLA softball, but also a Christian. This idea of of two cultures is in all of us and always surrounding us. 

CITATIONS:

Bohm, D. "On Creativity." Leonardo 1.2 (1968): 137-49. JSTOR. Web. 05 Apr. 2015.

All the pictures are from my IPhoto.