Prompt: Why are you drawn to the academic fields you indicated in the Anticipated Degree and Interests field? (I indicated History)
My Bharatanatyam teacher once asked me whether I knew just how old the Classical Indian dance form I had been practicing for so long was. I didn't. "3500 BC," she said, reverence richly layered in her voice. I had been confronted with more far-reaching dates than that one, but never before had the depth of time struck me so swiftly. The twisting of henna stained fingers, the rustling silks and golden jewelry, the throbbing beats of the Mridangam; these were traditions passed on for thousands of years: from the beginning of time, it seemed, all the way to the golden bells tied around my ankles that day. It still gives me pause to imagine how long the hand of time and tradition extends into my life. The realization of today's debt to the years preceding is still a subject of great interest to me - some semblance of knowledge of the past is a requirement to understand the present beyond just shallow observation. Origins, I've found, are far more telling than present day characteristics.
Also... I need to cut exactly 20 CHARACTERS. Any suggestions on how to do this?
My Bharatanatyam teacher once asked me whether I knew just how old the Classical Indian dance form I had been practicing for so long was. I didn't. "3500 BC," she said, reverence richly layered in her voice. I had been confronted with more far-reaching dates than that one, but never before had the depth of time struck me so swiftly. The twisting of henna stained fingers, the rustling silks and golden jewelry, the throbbing beats of the Mridangam; these were traditions passed on for thousands of years: from the beginning of time, it seemed, all the way to the golden bells tied around my ankles that day. It still gives me pause to imagine how long the hand of time and tradition extends into my life. The realization of today's debt to the years preceding is still a subject of great interest to me - some semblance of knowledge of the past is a requirement to understand the present beyond just shallow observation. Origins, I've found, are far more telling than present day characteristics.
Also... I need to cut exactly 20 CHARACTERS. Any suggestions on how to do this?