In High School, I always thought you had to choose between the two; being a science student or being an art student.

As far as I knew, there was little to no room to combine these two fields into something great.

But the more I learned different skills, the less I could see the boundaries between science and art.

I picked up the guitar at the age of 11 and discovered a passion for the symphonies of music.

At the age of 12, technical gibberish from my Computer Science class sounded like poetry to me. I determined in my heart that I was going to be a programmer.

At 13, Engineering beckoned at me as the concepts of Physics and Mathematics piqued my interest.

At age 14, I started appreciating visual art and graphic design.

When I was 15, my English teacher told me that I had an innate talent in writing. It came as a shock to me because I had always tried to escape anything that involved writing.

By the time I was applying to universities, I had never been more confused about what I wanted to be in life.

“Should I take the path of Science or the path of Art”?

I found myself battling with the fact that it has to be one or the other. But that was a lie and I wanted to embrace it all.

I chose to study Engineering at university because that was something I wanted but couldn’t learn on my own.

I gave writing a chance as the words of my High School English teacher echoed in my mind.

“I hope you continue to do writing outside of academic circles, as I think you’d be quite good at it.”

Those were all the words I needed to launch my first blog and now this.

I hopped on the graphics design train a few years later and it was only this year I delved deep into programming.

I couldn’t do it all at once of course but I made sure to not neglect my passions because I believe that Creativity is the welding of seemingly unrelated ideas (or passions) to synthesize something new.

If I limited my scope and narrowed my path in life to “Science” or “Art”, how would I then think creatively?

The world is not black and white.

There’s a quote by Steve Jobs which I refer to every once in a while and also share with friends:

Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they’ve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people. Unfortunately, that’s too rare a commodity. A lot of people in our industry haven’t had very diverse experiences. So they don’t have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have. ~ Steve Jobs

Creativity is a fusion of art and science. A combination of artistic and scientific principles to solve problems, communicate deeply, entertain people, etc. so we can make the world a better place.

Because we are creations of the Creator, the creative genes are in us.

The question is: Have you embraced your nature?

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