Learning's & notes from class today:

Was really interesting to hear from Warren Maxwell today about his philosophy and what his music means – to summarize my notes, he's a deep thinker, thinks a lot about the state of the world, how our children won't experience the same things we're experiencing, not getting worked up about the little things and making them into bigger deals than they are, for men it's good to be peaceful – you don't have to be macho all the time, and his idea that resonated the most with me was:

Life happens in seasons & stages, we're born, we become the salmon fighting the river in our teenage years, and become a butterfly going with the breeze in our adult years. It reminded me of some of the lyrics of my favorite song by Tame Impala:

"Just growin' up in stages,
Livin' life in phases,
Another season changes"

I really resonate with that message, I look back sometimes at the places I was in 1 or 2 years ago and think how much life has changed. Especially being at Massey, changing up the courses every 6 weeks really makes a year feel like very seasonal. It definitely had me thinking of creative concepts and ways to illustrate those ideas of seasonality and growing up in stages. He talked also a lot about the environment and protecting the Whenua, similar to Kaitiakitanga, which I also resonate with a lot.

Words I took note of were: Reincarnation, Metamorphosis, Oranga, Kaitiakitanga

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