Self as a Knower

     One way of knowledge that I feel reflects who I am is emotion. I tend to be overwhelmed by my emotions in life. For example, there was one particular day last year that I remember being exceedingly happy, and I let that positive feeling dictate my actions. But if I'm angry or aggravated, I know that negative emotions shouldn't rule my words or actions, so I don't let them. Even in my short experience as an IB student so far, I have felt stressed at times due to not immediately understanding a math problem or something, and therefore can feel a surge of emotions like stress and frustration. In addition, aspects of TOK analyze our emotions and what they mean, and how we know and can identify them. I find this really interesting and look forward to those kinds of activities in the future.
      An area of knowledge that I feel also reflects who I am is the arts. I am a creative person at the core and I deeply enjoy reading, drawing, singing, and music in general. As much as I love mathematics and history, I don't feel that they could represent me as a person like the arts can. The arts can hold many subcategories and can branch off into many subjects, and that shows how I have many interests and enjoy dabbling in many subject areas. As a new IB student, I find myself drawing when I need to relax after a long school day, before working on homework. Though I am unable to do IB Art due to taking two languages, I am in the Art Club, and the arts still serve as as place of solace. In TOK, we are able to ask ourselves how we know something is part of the arts area of knowledge, and I even tend to do that on my own.

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