The theme for this first week is the idea of two cultures existing together, but only recently have these two cultures been separated. Art and science can be found all throughout our lives, but at times these two entities may seem separate. However, I find myself asking myself, to what degree is science art and to what degree is art a science? Well, I think they both can fall into the other category.
My first example of this convergence of art and science is and science-fiction movie, but my specific example is Interstellar. In this movie, Matthew McConaughey brings his artistic talents to a scientifically advanced movie that depicts things like the most accurate illustration of a black hole. Seeing science turned into an art is a beautiful thing, and adds wonder and awe to the mind of the viewer. The entire movie is about finding a new inhabitable planet for the people of Earth to relocate to, after exhausting our planet's resources. In this movie, NASA sends 13 astronauts through a wormhole, in order to try and find an inhabitable planet on the other end of that wormhole. In the movie, they counter all of these sceintific concepts and ideas with beautiful scenes of space, planets, and even a big black hole! It truly is a convergence of science and art. 
Then I began to think about this notion of two cultures within the context of my own life. This brought me to the idea of Football vs. futbol. Living in America, I watch Sunday football during the fall, and watch every game so I can be sure and watch everyone on my Fantasy Football team play that day. But on Saturdays, I wake up early, turn on Fox Sports 1, and watch the other futbol, which has been my passion for my entire life. I often get made fun of for being a soccer fan, but the jokes don't phase me because I know although football is the most popular sport in America, soccer, or futbol, is the greatest sport in the world, and that's why it's also the most popular. Soccer is the one sport that connects our entire global community, and there really is no sports event quite like the World Cup. In fact, it is the biggest single-event sporting competition in the world. Entire countries shut down over the summer, and come together to show their national pride and unity under their flag. So I do live these two cultures every day, and I think the combination of the two worlds make me who I am.
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