On 7/6/20, I viewed a Livestream hosted by National Geographic. This was a part of some hashtag called #GenGeo. There was a woman named Wasfia Nazreen, she was the first Bangladeshi and Bengali to climb the highest mountains on every continent, including the Seven Summits. She is the only woman to hold two National Geographic titles, those being explorer and adventurer. She also formed the Ösel Foundation. Its purpose is to inspire and empower women through the outdoors. There was also a article talking about how tough trying to climb Mount Everest is, but I knew that because of oxygen tanks being required, the many people that have died, lack of electrical sockets everywhere, etc. (I believe I have also read multiple books about Mt Everest at a young age.) I have been camping several times when I was in boy scouts, and it isn't a very luxurious experience. She was also depressed at some point in her life. This is the same person who climbed the seven Summits, she didn't let her depression stop her, there is light at the end of the tunnel. She says that feeling sad is perfectly normal, you can be sad and cry every now and then. Society does place labels on those who are in tough times, we all have had our lows. She also goes on to say that we all have a purpose in life, but we shouldn't let something distract us. Wouldn't social media count as a distraction? You aren't improving yourself or doing something meaningful, but what if social media is your purpose in life? She avoids social media because it drains you the more time you spend on social media, and there are studies that social media can cause you harm. So, does that mean being a 'outcast' is a bad thing still? If you want to do something, do it because you LOVE it, not for CLOUT AND FAME. She went through a life and death experience climbing Mount Everest, she did it because she set it as a goal for herself, she wanted to do it.
On 6/25/20, we viewed a Livestream by Science Cafe partnering with the NC Museum of Natural Sciences on YouTube. We learned how a artist gets inspiration from different topics like astronomy, poetry, and myth to create a idea. I didn't have any working headphones for this Livestream, so I missed out on some things. The guest speaker went into detail about sound and how it is a form of art because our brains make sense of sound from listening to music and other sounds as well as making your brain more unique and leading you to listen to the world in different ways compared to other people. She also talked about the Uncertainty Principle. It says that the better we know a particle, the less we know how fast it's going, or something like that. You either know its position or frequency, but you can't know both. I didn't know that sound could be used as a form of art until this livestream.