Are we all Chemists - Just One Thing
I was never a real science nerd and did not do Chemistry at school, however I did do what was called Earth Sciences. Which pretty much meant that we couldn’t blow up the school, but did teach us where certain chemicals came from, so a cross between Geology, Anthropology, Chemistry, biology and Pharmacology. Unfortunately we couldn’t make any weird concoctions to test on each other.
Later in life I took a great interest in Homeopathy and undertook a private course through some distant college, and I did get to learn how to mix certain things together to form something else, and in that I guess I learnt a bit about the structure of elements and compounds and how this can be applied in a holistic way to people’s health and mental capacity.
Later in life I learnt about composite metals and loved experimenting in melting down different metals together for casting sculptural works, while doing this I also met a musician that was experimenting with mixing gold, silver, aluminium etc into mouth pieces for his saxophone, each cast piece would create a different timbre while playing, allowing his instrument to take on many different tones. But I guess that’s more alchemy than chemistry.
I also learnt a great deal about mixing paints to get just the right weight and tone required to give me the expected result. This allowed me to really work with colour and produce works that had many layers, not just physically but also in total depth. However this became not only a science but also an intuitive process, a colour felt right, the right amount of colour weight went together to form the colour required.
I do love combining different parts to form a whole, changing what was to something new, playing with intended purpose and redefining to new purpose and understanding what is needed to be combined to get an intended result.
So although I didn’t do Chemistry as a subject at school, I guess in a way we are all chemists in our multi disciplinary approach to finding result
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Oh that is cool. I barely remember any science classes. sometime in highschool we had class on plants. I got A first time. and C second time. cause of not being around for week.
hello @adysscheryl - I don't remember my science classes either, I have retained some books and notebooks from those days and this reminds me :) I was far from A' in my studies
I work in the Fibreglass Industry, so we also need to understand different applications depending on the end product required. My wife says I always take things, such as Hive for example, pick it apart and try to make sense of the mechanics of it all, lol.
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It is the only way @therneau - being able to dissect and then rebuild is a must if we are to gain a true understanding.
That's a nice way of making chemists out of everybody.
In my case, I master the Periodic Table when I was taking Chemistry during my 3rd year of secondary education. But when it comes to practice, that's my weak spot. 😄
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The Periodic Table is something I was never taught - I believe this is something that American schools pride themselves on, yet memorising the Tables does not necessarily allow for the progression of inspiration,
Yes, you're right. There is a big difference between text smart and the actual application of what you know.
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I think we are on the same wavelength, I discovered Alchemy as a philosophy, years ago, and I've applied it to all parts of my life, including my artworks.
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Its great to be able to bring in multi disciplinary areas to inform and develop and inspire
since we involved in mixture of one thing to another, are we all chemist?
Exactly @hive-world - the eclectic mix of all is indeed informative to a whole, and the fore through that mixture we can attain
Taking an Earth Science course is a great way to get a taste of all of the natural sciences. Nice post, Russell.
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Earth Sciences was great introduction, it was like first year university, you get a taste of everything in relation so that you can get a more informed idea of what you would like to major in :)
most chemistry these days is abstract and mathematical theory. lovely to see you using some practical and useful applications. :)
Abstract chemistry sound very experimental, and one would think that it inspires people to become more adventurous and allow for even greater discovery
I think it works the opposite way because it becomes more theoretical and abstract because of the application of maths. true experimentation is through application using the natural sciences IMO.
ahh, yes I see what you mean, as it has become more theoretical then chances are that the abstract process may create very unrealistic results that when put into actual practice may not have the desired effect
indeed. the natural sciences are about understanding our natural world and how things work. Practicable, Demonstratable and Repeatable. It used to be the foundation of science until it became a religion.
I loved chemistry in high school. I always had fun when we had a lab. We are lucky we didn't blow ourselves up with some of the stuff we did.
My brother took chemistry and had some interesting stories of flasks and beakers exploding - something to do with Magnesium I think