If it wasn’t RIGHT after I get back from Scotland I’d be incredibly tempted to fly up for that show and to spend a week with the fam (new nephew!!).
I mean, I AM still tempted, but airfare is kinda bonkers right now and I’d have to be at the Tampa airport at 5 am after working until probably close to midnight the night before.
But man, Wes Collins comes recommended so highly.
But it’s my friend’s birthday jam camping weekend out east in the woods and that’s basically free.
But new nephew. And Wes Collins. And YOU.
Sigh. I really need a teleporter.
Congrats on the very solid exam score! I love watching your brain work. Thanks for sharing with us. 💚
'There’s just this feeling that I did a very difficult thing, survived, and came away changed in some very small but important way. I’m grateful.' This might also be the best description of a life well lived 💙
Calculators are for engineers, not physicists. Though both frequently use certain numbers: pi, e, i, and 2. Astronomers are sometimes known to assume pi is 1 -- that's close enough for them.
With your memory, you could've done well in organic chemistry too.
"What comes first, the lyrics or the melody?" "Yes."
This is a great meditation on the creative process in science. I remember a major physics exam with 4 questions. I was pretty sure I only answered one of them correctly. I didn't even finish two of them. I was sure I'd failed. Sure enough - I scored a 40. But class average was 20. I'd made an A mostly by thinking on paper. One thing you didn't mention is elegance. That feeling that your answer is right - or at least on track - because the form of the answer, or the way you got there, had an element of beauty - symmetry, simplicity, surprise.
Medicine is messier than math. But the search for an elegant solution that matches the patient and their story and their physical exam and their test results is a daily exercise in improvisation and, occasionally, magic.
That’s true, and it becomes part of my comments. “The solution is of the correct form because it reduces to simple harmonic motion.” “The result is counterintuitive, but the units are correct.” Great point.
You are (almost?) frighteningly brilliant, Jonathan. Your songwriting and musicianship was far and away enough to have that thought, but this took it over the top! Yikes... ;-)
If it wasn’t RIGHT after I get back from Scotland I’d be incredibly tempted to fly up for that show and to spend a week with the fam (new nephew!!).
I mean, I AM still tempted, but airfare is kinda bonkers right now and I’d have to be at the Tampa airport at 5 am after working until probably close to midnight the night before.
But man, Wes Collins comes recommended so highly.
But it’s my friend’s birthday jam camping weekend out east in the woods and that’s basically free.
But new nephew. And Wes Collins. And YOU.
Sigh. I really need a teleporter.
Congrats on the very solid exam score! I love watching your brain work. Thanks for sharing with us. 💚
Wes is one of my faves, for sure. I asked him to play with me on the gig.
'There’s just this feeling that I did a very difficult thing, survived, and came away changed in some very small but important way. I’m grateful.' This might also be the best description of a life well lived 💙
Yes!
Calculators are for engineers, not physicists. Though both frequently use certain numbers: pi, e, i, and 2. Astronomers are sometimes known to assume pi is 1 -- that's close enough for them.
With your memory, you could've done well in organic chemistry too.
"What comes first, the lyrics or the melody?" "Yes."
e = π = 3 ;-)
Thank you for this missive, Jonathan. I'm a big fan of the great mystery and question(s). I'm a big fan of you.
Thank you, big sis.
This is a great meditation on the creative process in science. I remember a major physics exam with 4 questions. I was pretty sure I only answered one of them correctly. I didn't even finish two of them. I was sure I'd failed. Sure enough - I scored a 40. But class average was 20. I'd made an A mostly by thinking on paper. One thing you didn't mention is elegance. That feeling that your answer is right - or at least on track - because the form of the answer, or the way you got there, had an element of beauty - symmetry, simplicity, surprise.
Medicine is messier than math. But the search for an elegant solution that matches the patient and their story and their physical exam and their test results is a daily exercise in improvisation and, occasionally, magic.
That’s true, and it becomes part of my comments. “The solution is of the correct form because it reduces to simple harmonic motion.” “The result is counterintuitive, but the units are correct.” Great point.
You are (almost?) frighteningly brilliant, Jonathan. Your songwriting and musicianship was far and away enough to have that thought, but this took it over the top! Yikes... ;-)
Looking forward to hearing you and Wes at Sonark!
Thank you, Lynne. My fiancée keps me humble!
Yes! She is another one to watch! Dynamic duo you are!
I wish my photographic memory worked that well. Every time I use it, I find the picture is amazing but the text is out of focus x
There are different kinds! Mine remembers symbols more than faces and geometry.
I love these ideas!
Thank you, Charlie, and thanks for sharing.
I think you are amazing. It's a new way to think - everyone should be so open.
Thank you! I’m trying to take inspiration from the amazing people I’m learning from.
“Could the question be better?” Always. What is the priority?
You are an alumnus of the school of questions! 🙏🏻