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Music allows me to elude from the real world in which I live in; all I need is a fascinating melody for me to escape for hours upon hours. Just listening is enough, but something even more captivating involves stimulating both my aural and tactile senses: making music. For years, my favorite way of making music has been through piano. The piano, the most iconic black and white keyed instrument, is both strict and abstract; time and meter interact with harmony and expression. I think it is this “union of polarity” aspect of the instrument I love that represents my personality the best. The strictness of playing piano is analogous to my reclusive attitude. I always enjoy independence: working alone gives me desired control of all factors of a …show more content…

How come? I have this very photo because it is of me during the 2017 Science Olympiad Nationals Award Ceremony with a first place gold medal in hand. This very photo captured more than just the statement that I had won my event, it captured the idea. Embedded within an idea, comes excitement, joy, and overwhelming passion undescribable by written words or spoken phrases, at least for me. I’ll try my best to summarize the feelings I had then. Ever since sixth grade, I’ve dreamed of standing on a national competition stage. The few hours before the awards ceremony, I was excited beyond words because of a small anticipation that I had thought up in my mind of me winning the event. However, because of certain superstitious thoughts, I kept that idea to myself. But finally, during the countoff of the top placing teams, my idea was confirmed. As the master of ceremonies counted off sixth place, then fifth, all the way up to second place, I had specifically noticed that my team had not been called yet. Out of 60 teams at the national tournament, it is infrequent for us to even be called up on stage. Yet, it was Ladue who was called when it came all the way down to the first place winner of my event, one-upping myself from the previous year’s second place at nationals. Every time I see the photo, I know that it represents not only my hard work and dedication, but

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