on knowledge and application

Back when philosophy was the most esteemed branch of learnings and anything practical and applicable were 'mechanics' that tricked nature, I honestly can't believe those high and pretentious people thought learning for the sake of learning was the most noble pursuit. Science could only be called so if it was studying what nature had already laid out for us... damn engineers bastardising 'the pure excellence of geometry'.

Load of bullshit - what's the use of learning something just so you can be all smug that you've discerned one minuscule portion of the universe, our existence or whatever if you're not going to use it? Sure knowledge for the sake of knowledge is fun to gain and feels good to have but my freakin' god, we have the capacity for so much more. The reality is that the concept of universities has shifted to be a provider of skills as much as knowledge. Sitting around contemplating life doesn't cut it for a majority of us these days, and I personally can't wait to get out and do. Contribute, create meaning, anything and everything besides from being a person saturated with wisdom, up on their high horse, and doing nothing about it.

Unbearable.

the climb to branching out and growing up

I love this so much right now (I feel so close to you right now, it's a forcefield).
If there's anything one picture-worth-a-thousand-words that could capture "it", here you go.
Feels like there's barely been any time to properly think about where it's all heading (I carefully backspaced and rewording to ensure no first person pronouns) there's exhaustion, guilt, apprehension but mostly I am so excited.

All of it can/(will) happen, all that's left to do is stop gazing with starry eyes into the future and actually learn how to write an annotated bibliography... as always, arts student lyf.