I understand patterns faster than I understand explanations.
When I encounter something new, a field, a system, a film, a text, I don't memorize. I look for the shape of it. I map it to structures I already know. Details fill in almost automatically once the shape is clear.
This is why I'm a generalist. I'm not collecting facts. I'm collecting patterns that transfer.
I believe in thinking and understanding from fundamental principles. I view knowledge as a kind of semantic tree. Look at the fundamentals, then construct reasoning from there.
First principles is a physics way of looking at the world. What are we sure is true? Reason from there. Everything else is derivative.
I keep returning to frequency and vibration.
Tesla's framework: "If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration." During COVID, I built 3D simulations of Chladni figures, geometric patterns that form on vibrating plates. Different frequencies produce different geometries, predictably. It's physics. It also looks like sacred geometry.
I don't know where this leads. But I can't stop pulling the thread.
I study religious texts across traditions, Bible, Quran, Egyptian Book of the Dead, looking for structural patterns. The historical accuracy of the Bible keeps surprising me. Descriptions of phenomena we'd now call "frequency-based" appear across traditions. I'm paying attention.
I study power structures. How money flows. Who controls institutions. How history rhymes. I read biblical prophecy as a map, not just a story. I'm interested in what's hidden beneath what's visible.
I love indie films because they reward structural reading. Mainstream cinema tells you what to feel. Indie cinema assumes you can read subtext, tolerate ambiguity, find meaning in composition and pacing.
I have a good eye for design. I notice when things are off: spacing, hierarchy, rhythm. Design isn't decoration. It's structure made visible.
Most of this is unfinished thinking. That's the point.