aprendizajes is a generative art project by Marcelo Soria-Rodriguez that pays tribute to learning in a broad sense. A few weeks ago, I acquired iteration #135 from this project. Below I’ll share a bit about how I am relating to this piece with quotes from Marcelo’s writeup of aprendizajes.

Aprendizajes... Learnings.

I’m a curious person who loves to explore, learn and adapt.

During university in my Californian hometown, something called me to study abroad. I ended up in South Korea, China, and Brazil for a total of about two years. I had an amazing time building relationships with people from all over the world, expressing myself and listening to others.

Marcelo writes about learning another language in the aprendizajes project writeup. In my experience, learning another language shows respect to people who speak that language and allows you to understand and relate with more people on earth.

“Learn a new language because other people, as equally important and respectable as you are, speak not your mother tongue.”

He writes further about how being wrong and making mistakes are part of a learning process.

“The act of learning comes hand in hand with the need to be wrong..... there is no chance of learning more and progressing without the friction of being wrong.”

Being wrong is something I’ve feared, and that’s likely motivated me to not take certain chances in life. My ego wants to be right, and I can feel it flare up when I fail at something, or consider undertaking a task where I might not find success.

“Life itself is an act of trying out something new, yet many of us remain wary of the unknown, just because it is unknown. However, embracing the mistake, the possibility of not being wrong as an experience to learn from, is essential. Inspecting what didn't work as expected, reflecting on it, being able to act on it and change”

I have control over my reaction to mistakes. How do I react? Discouraged from being wrong, or motivated by the challenge?

To me, aprendizajes is a reminder to learn voraciously; to give 100% effort to my learning process, and that mistakes are an integral part of that process. It’s also about having humility and understanding others.

“Mistakes open doors that are difficult to locate otherwise, and oftentimes would remain invisible.”

Thank you, Marcelo, for your creative expression.

aprendizajes is a generative art project by Marcelo Soria-Rodriguez that pays tribute to learning in a broad sense. A few weeks ago, I acquired iteration #135 from this project. Below I’ll share a bit about how I am relating to this piece with quotes from Marcelo’s writeup of aprendizajes.

Aprendizajes... Learnings.

I’m a curious person who loves to explore, learn and adapt.

During university in my Californian hometown, something called me to study abroad. I ended up in South Korea, China, and Brazil for a total of about two years. I had an amazing time building relationships with people from all over the world, expressing myself and listening to others.

Marcelo writes about learning another language in the aprendizajes project writeup. In my experience, learning another language shows respect to people who speak that language and allows you to understand and relate with more people on earth.

“Learn a new language because other people, as equally important and respectable as you are, speak not your mother tongue.”

He writes further about how being wrong and making mistakes are part of a learning process.

“The act of learning comes hand in hand with the need to be wrong..... there is no chance of learning more and progressing without the friction of being wrong.”

Being wrong is something I’ve feared, and that’s likely motivated me to not take certain chances in life. My ego wants to be right, and I can feel it flare up when I fail at something, or consider undertaking a task where I might not find success.

“Life itself is an act of trying out something new, yet many of us remain wary of the unknown, just because it is unknown. However, embracing the mistake, the possibility of not being wrong as an experience to learn from, is essential. Inspecting what didn't work as expected, reflecting on it, being able to act on it and change”

I have control over my reaction to mistakes. How do I react? Discouraged from being wrong, or motivated by the challenge?

To me, aprendizajes is a reminder to learn voraciously; to give 100% effort to my learning process, and that mistakes are an integral part of that process. It’s also about having humility and understanding others.

“Mistakes open doors that are difficult to locate otherwise, and oftentimes would remain invisible.”

Thank you, Marcelo, for your creative expression.