This is a Microsoft Word Document of my cover letter:
http://www.geocities.com/stokastika1/blue.horizons.cover.letter.doc
This is a Microsoft Word Document of my statement of purpose:
http://www.geocities.com/stokastika1/statement.of.purpose.part.doc
This is a Microsoft Word Document of my resume:
http://www.geocities.com/stokastika1/resume.final.draft.doc
The establishment of this mechanism has rendered me as much more efficient than what I had been for the last five hours. Dxmmit. I have to learn somehow!
P.S. I don't know whether Blogger has this service, but basically I used the "File Manager" section of Yahoo Geocities. It's very user friendly for uploading all types of files: word documents, pdf files, and various sorts of images! Please let me know if there are better services otherwise! Gracias! :-)
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Vic's Resume for Blue Horizons
Finally, after a year of struggle of a scientist's individual exploration of the arts in the world of economic viciousness, all of her experiences actually amount to useful lines on a resume for a science-art integration program at UCSB! Finally, all my efforts count toward something!
Reminders of Santa Barbara's Beauty and Tranquility
Another "typical" day in Santa Barbara. *whatever*
Vic receives "credit" for the non-stellar photo above :-).
Gestalt aesthetics seem to be a key feature of
initial enticement to donate money, for *any* cause.
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Counter Punching Quote
*flashback* I remember my good friend Kristin in the UCR Earth Sciences Department stating along these lines, "If a thought is at the tip of your tongue, but still is unable to come out, then this thought or idea must have been unimportant." At the moment, I was a bit insulted because I had just experienced that frustrating tip-of-tongue effect in our conversation--something in my mind was trying to come out through my mouth but the neuromuscular connections weren't so efficient (I think I was sleep deprived). (And ugh! If only I had the reflexes of Robin Williams! I think his mouth works faster than his mind! Or maybe his mouth has its own separate mind of its own. Maybe that's why it works so fast....). Though I had an instant to feel insulted, I displayed a reflex response: "If a thought is truly important, it will come back to haunt you." Elements in your environment combined with internal elements will trigger the set of neurons to fire and connect again, and make you remember what needs to be remembered. Kristin agreed afterwards. I think we were on a field trip for her research on Cretaceous seeps in Northern California, somewhere near Palo Alto. It was a wonderful week, and a wonderful break from my own self-mutilating, workaholic brain!
I suppose that it will take a while for me to establish concrete mechanisms on my blogging techniques, but the most important thing is that on this very fateful early morning of June 9, 2007, I actually blogged. I feel like I accomplished something new today. Progress, indeed!
I suppose that it will take a while for me to establish concrete mechanisms on my blogging techniques, but the most important thing is that on this very fateful early morning of June 9, 2007, I actually blogged. I feel like I accomplished something new today. Progress, indeed!
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
"My Favorite Music" as asked by Blogger
Below is a short essay on my understanding of music, as asked by Blogger to write in my profile. Unfortunately, I wrote too much, so it now posts here!
The origins of my understanding of (dissection and synthesis) and obsession with music stems from Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. I was vividly documented by my father as to be “happily bouncing up and down on my butt” upon listening the tumultuous drum sections of the piece at the age of one. Despite my lack of memory during this occasion, and the lack of trust of my father’s observations, I proceeded to watch Disney’s Fantasia at the age of 11, and was completely and utterly “sold” upon watching the “Origins of the Universe and Life on Earth” cartoon, which was coupled again with… Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. I intensely played piano from age 10-15, learning several classical pieces (in addition to my grumbling about going through long pages of piano theory homework, which I ironically found out a decade later this information to be incredibly useful). A few years ago, based on the Rite of Spring, I formulated the four elements of music that makes a piece or a song mentally addictive and transcendent upon all other forms of “white noise" (well, at least to me): the unique combinations of (1) beat, (2) melody, (3) drama, and (4) it tells a story. I won’t go to anymore nuance detail. In terms of modern artists, I partially-to-marginally affiliate with several artists, with a limited list presented here: Nick Drake, Alexi Murdoch, White Stripes, Enya, Coldplay, Moby, Madonna, Chere, Bjork, and among several others I can’t think of at the moment. When I first started creating my own music, I most affiliated myself with Nick Drake and White Stripes: simple melody, simple sounds, simple messages—fundamentally beautiful. By the time I finished my first three songs, I realized that I have the greatest appreciation of Bjork, and I think I’m rapidly heading toward her direction of style: extremely experimental, classically melodic, but also very mystically tribal. When I first heard Bjork’s work, I thought “what in the hxll is this?” But after undergoing the process of creating music, I can’t help being in awe that I would relate to her music and messages the most. My mental evolution with music is currently very rapid, so I’m sure my tastes and flavors will change by the week. At this moment in space and time, my style of music is classical mixed with tribalism at the core of organization, with frothy sprits of jazz, RnB, and hip hop sounds—all of this combines to form songs that could pass off most appropriately for movie sound tracks. Oh well for spontaneous musical organization in my brain! Stay tuned in my evolution! (By the way, my currently one-chic band name is called Stokastika. One day, I will tell you the story of how all this came about. In short, the word is a term found in statistics textbooks. In short, the word "stokastika" to me means the seeking of order from chaos.)
The origins of my understanding of (dissection and synthesis) and obsession with music stems from Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. I was vividly documented by my father as to be “happily bouncing up and down on my butt” upon listening the tumultuous drum sections of the piece at the age of one. Despite my lack of memory during this occasion, and the lack of trust of my father’s observations, I proceeded to watch Disney’s Fantasia at the age of 11, and was completely and utterly “sold” upon watching the “Origins of the Universe and Life on Earth” cartoon, which was coupled again with… Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. I intensely played piano from age 10-15, learning several classical pieces (in addition to my grumbling about going through long pages of piano theory homework, which I ironically found out a decade later this information to be incredibly useful). A few years ago, based on the Rite of Spring, I formulated the four elements of music that makes a piece or a song mentally addictive and transcendent upon all other forms of “white noise" (well, at least to me): the unique combinations of (1) beat, (2) melody, (3) drama, and (4) it tells a story. I won’t go to anymore nuance detail. In terms of modern artists, I partially-to-marginally affiliate with several artists, with a limited list presented here: Nick Drake, Alexi Murdoch, White Stripes, Enya, Coldplay, Moby, Madonna, Chere, Bjork, and among several others I can’t think of at the moment. When I first started creating my own music, I most affiliated myself with Nick Drake and White Stripes: simple melody, simple sounds, simple messages—fundamentally beautiful. By the time I finished my first three songs, I realized that I have the greatest appreciation of Bjork, and I think I’m rapidly heading toward her direction of style: extremely experimental, classically melodic, but also very mystically tribal. When I first heard Bjork’s work, I thought “what in the hxll is this?” But after undergoing the process of creating music, I can’t help being in awe that I would relate to her music and messages the most. My mental evolution with music is currently very rapid, so I’m sure my tastes and flavors will change by the week. At this moment in space and time, my style of music is classical mixed with tribalism at the core of organization, with frothy sprits of jazz, RnB, and hip hop sounds—all of this combines to form songs that could pass off most appropriately for movie sound tracks. Oh well for spontaneous musical organization in my brain! Stay tuned in my evolution! (By the way, my currently one-chic band name is called Stokastika. One day, I will tell you the story of how all this came about. In short, the word is a term found in statistics textbooks. In short, the word "stokastika" to me means the seeking of order from chaos.)
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