Arts: Mathematical Symmetry

As I close my eyes and drift away to a land where there is love, health, peace, and blessings. I wanted to take the time to think and reflect.

     The other day I tweeted: "Math is important." Math is important. If you are a mathematician, scientist, physicist, or involved with any work that is directly linked to math, you will know the heavy reliance upon numbers, and that your work is dependant upon the math skills that you have acquired. When you think of an artist, or the dancer, you don't think about a direct scientific or any mathematical relationships, that are involved in their work. However, this is not the case. The arts will require some sort of mathematical calculations. We can think about the writing of music, or the dance moves, and how the body works in synchronicity with the self, and with others to form patterns of movement. The patterns are also a form of math. The patterns allow us to find the mathematical relationships, or how any thing is connected to another thing. Math and science have always been connected to the arts, and vice versa. This relationship is not surfaced or revealed to the extent of math connected to science, technology, or engineering. I am cognizant of the missing A in the acronym STEM, that stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. The A stands for Art. There are groups who have identified themselves with the acronym of STEAM, which have included the arts, with STEM subjects. But why did I tweet about math and am writing about the arts?

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Dance Fundamentals - Bartineff

Dance Fundamentals - Bartineff

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     Math is generally perceived as a subject where males excel greater than females. There is a historical bias, when it comes to who is good at math, and who is not good at math. Not to put any pressure upon anyone, because everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. But I want to open a conversation as to how we can reduce, or even eliminate gender bias when it comes to who is good at what or not. The bias places a preconceived notion upon boys or girls to say that one gender is better at math, than the other. I would also argue that it is not only the bias, but it is culture that molds our ways of thinking and knowing, Culture is a powerful and dynamic force that shapes our thinking, weather we are aware of this or not. Culture can also shape the tendencies of who is perceived to excel at a topic or not. Culture is one factor, there are many others such as: social class, socio-economic, financial, or environment. 

​     The beauty of arriving at this knowingness is that once you can look above and beyond the biases, pre-conceived notions that are formulated through culture and other factors, then it is simply a case of becoming limitless. Because the only really barriers that we have or possess are the ones within the mind, because we have arrived at a state of awareness. Once the mind / brain becomes free, and learns to beautifully control the reins, adjusting speed and pace, anything and everything becomes possible, and for this to happen the real requirement is the internal work of the brain or mind. Correct you mind / brain; change your life.

My thoughts to share with love & kindness! :) 

Notes: These thoughts were originally hand-written on January 29th, 2018.
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