After class today, I was pretty moved. Many nights I have stared at the stars, without the knowledge that I gained today, and all that I could see was a dark abyss spotted with lights. I have sometimes looked up at the sky and wondered about it or felt amazement by how vast it is, how completely untouched it feels (except when you see an airplane fly by). But up until today, I never understood the mathematical complexities above us. It was very powerful knowledge. I am personally not a religious person, but it feels very beautiful and sublime that the sky can hold so much wonder. I guess you could call it a spiritual wonder. I couldn't help but think that if more people looked up at the sky and truly understood it, we would then be able to look back down at the earth around us and realize how incredibly small we are. That is not to say that we are unimportant, but rather to say that in our minuteness our differences become small and our similarities great. We are all on this rock in the sky together. Our lives are subject to the universe. It's a scary thought but it's also an empowering one.
I hope that this blog will show the development of my knowledge of astronomy, but I also hope it will reflect my personal interests. I would like to connect my interest in literature and language to what we learn in class in an effort to show how the best education is multi-faceted and reflects knowledge from all subjects. My personal interests in poetry, nature, linguistics, art and life in general will be a core part of my illustration of my comprehension of the course material.
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