Anika Paulson: How I found myself through music
Anika Paulson: Wie ich durch Musik zu mir selbst fand
Anika Paulson’s love for music permeates her understanding of herself, her surroundings and the mysteries that make up the smallest and biggest parts of life. Full bio
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a big part of my life.
countries and lifetimes away.
in fernen Ländern und Leben.
you're playing with,
musical fine arts event.
Musikveranstaltung teil.
this thing with rhythms.
the hallways of my school
on my leg with my hands,
mit der Hand auf mein Bein
of the rhythm --
des Rhythmus -- das war beruhigend.
den ich je belegte.
like theory and history.
wie Theorie und Geschichte.
just listened to a song,
hörten wir lediglich ein Lied,
called "rhythmic dictation,"
an amount of measures
with the proper rests and notes.
und Noten aufschrieben
mit zwei bis vier Takten --
schon beinahe eine Geschichte,
hinzugefügt werden müsste.
and harmonies to play on top of.
für Melodien und Harmonien.
zu Tun haben, um auf Kurs zu bleiben
what to do and to stay on track,
a harmonic structure in your life
eine harmonische Struktur gibt
chords and patterns.
Akkorde und Muster.
und weiterentwickeln,
sometimes I loved it and it was great,
manchmal war es super,
of my natural environment,
to structure myself,
um mich aufzubauen,
all these other sounds.
all diese anderen Laute zu hören.
to sound like theirs.
mich selbst zu verlieren.
with the changes in my life.
die Veränderungen in meinem Leben.
between music and life.
zwischen Musik und Leben.
gleichzeitig erlaubt sie uns zu flüchten.
it allows us to escape it.
that lives inside of you.
von Musik begleitet,
weit hergeholt,
Bestandteil von uns
an interest of mine.
between the two --
von vielen Theorien ist,
at its simplest form, is this:
ganz einfach gesagt,
and neutrons and electrons,
Neutronen und Elektronen
of little coiled strings,
in sich gedrehten Strings bestehen.
that make everything what it is.
macht alles zu dem was es ist.
"The Universe in a Nutshell,"
"The Universe in a Nutshell",
and the two strong forces --
und die zwei starken Wechselwirkungen --
to explain physics
zwischen diesen Saiten;
between these strings;
you can play on these strings;
die man auf diesen Saiten spielen kann
is a "symphony of strings."
eine "Stringsymphonie" ist.
and everything we know.
and they hold us together.
was wir sind und definieren uns.
des Universums.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Anika Paulson - Student, musicianAnika Paulson’s love for music permeates her understanding of herself, her surroundings and the mysteries that make up the smallest and biggest parts of life.
Why you should listen
Anika Paulson's escape is always music. A self-proclaimed nervous Minnesotan, music is the measure of her life's tempo. There's no doubt that whatever Paulson decides to do, she will use the power and metaphor of music to guide her future. After all, according to Paulson, whether it's friendships or string theory, everything is music.
Paulson studies biology at the University of Minnesota Morris. In December 2016, she was one of 18 students from around the world selected to speak at the first-ever TED-Ed Weekend at TED's headquarters in New York City. She then had the honor of presenting her talk at TED 2017 in Vancouver.
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