In my younger days, I thought I had it all figured out: I'd live in a nice suburban house on the outskirts of a larger city, have a few children, a lovely wife and a science lab in my basement where I did most of my work and research. You know, like Bill Cosby in The Cosby Show. The tacky sweaters and never-ending jokes were of course included in this future of mine. I didn't really know what a scientist was supposed to do but I liked the science fair and building computers and The Cosby Show.
I soon discovered my curiosity could be quenched with making art and acting and most recently directing. Still, I incorporate science in nearly every situation I am in. In, The Human Quest - The Way of Science, British scientist Roger Bingham says, "We tell stories to feel at home in the universe and science tries to make sense of the universe." Thus, I could argue that although I do not deliver babies in my basement or make serums that change me into a devilishly attractive yet pompous man, I am still a scientist. Storytelling, Bingham argues, is in fact one of the purest sciences to exist. We talked about a Scientist's WOK, some elements of this WOK are: Hypothesis, Question, Curiosity, Observation, Experiment, Conversation w/nature. How is storytelling any different? Bingham talks about how ever since birth, we are hardwired to have questions, seek answers and form conclusions. Inspiration for everything I have ever made has come from a curiosity- maybe a curiosity to explore the subject or to find answers I did not know before. Hopefully the discoveries I make can enlighten others and inspire them to find their own curiosities. A couple of years ago, I wanted to explore optics. I stumbled upon a group on the internet that made their own hommade optics for their DSLRs. They were all shooting photos with their optics and I was so curious about how I could utilize the lenses I would come to make in a film. This is a different blog post on the subject and a few photos with the lens that I created: http://quarkandbeans.blogspot.com/2012/04/diy-lenses.htmlThis is the film I created:
Sometimes my curiosity can be disruptive in situations where I question situations and reasonings to the point where it becomes obnoxious.
I'm just a little curious...
