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36 Questions: Choosing pain to find joy

(11/17/20 5:00pm)

Science and love are thought of as two concepts that exist virtually separate from one another. While science uses facts and data to conduct experiments for the purpose of explaining the paradigms of the world, love is a feeling that is unpredictable and unique to each person experiencing it. Never mind the scientists who try to attribute love solely to a series of biochemical reactions in our brains — we know that that isn’t all there is to love. The 36 questions, however, are an idea that brings both science and love together.

https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/11/36-questions-choosing-pain-to-find-joy

On the joy of gardening

(11/17/20 5:00pm)

In my freshman year at Hopkins, I did my first service project through Baltimore First. Every other week I would visit Carmine Gardens, tend to the crops and maintain the landscape for sustainable growth. I befriended Hopkins alumni who taught me about the value of civic engagement and working with the community. I also learned how to use gardening tools to shape the land and how to design a sustainable and affordable community garden. 

https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/11/on-the-joy-of-gardening

Connecting with friends in a virtual world

(11/17/20 5:00pm)

I initially had a bit of trouble trying to think of a concept or action that really resembles joy — especially during this quarantine period, it’s much easier to fall back to negative emotions and feelings. Eventually, I realized that what got me through these past nine months and brought joy into my life while I was physically isolated were the interactions I had with my friends online. 

https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/11/connecting-with-friends-in-a-virtual-world

The permanent joy of Michael Jackson's Thriller

(11/17/20 5:00pm)

It’s impossible to nail down the exact percentage of memories I have that are explicitly tied to music. In fact, it might be necessary to add a qualifier in order to get closer to a more concrete answer. If I adjust the question to ask, “What percentage of my happy memories are tied to music?”, it becomes easier to figure out a precise number. That number exists in the 90 to 95% range. In the bustling interchange of memory encoding and storage, many of the positive memories I have are attached to some sound or song. 

https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/11/the-permanent-joy-of-michael-jacksons-thriller

The collaborative joy of melancholic song

(11/17/20 5:00pm)

The edges don’t move ‘cause the edges don’t move. The edges never really gave a damn about you. The ocean and the sand, the beach and the land — If you ain’t ever been then you’ll never understand. When Will Wagner, my bandmate, the pink to my yellow, sent me this hook some six months ago and I listened to it thousands of miles across the country, I knew that it would flourish into something robust and beautiful.

https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/11/the-collaborative-joy-of-melancholic-song

How Taylor Swift, nature and writing helped me find joy in solitude

(11/17/20 5:00pm)

2020 has been a year of social distancing and mask wearing, of avoiding the common elevator in my apartment and keeping six feet away from passersby in public. While I was stuck in America, not only was I constantly stressed about the ever increasing COVID-19 cases here, but I also found myself in emotional solitude as the people I love resided 12 hours away. 

https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/11/how-taylor-swift-nature-and-writing-helped-me-find-joy-in-solitude