Artist explains science learning strategy from @chels.mov

The creator, a biophysics PhD student and artist, paints a birthday present for a friend while telling a personal story. She explains how she struggled with test-taking in college due to the overwhelming amount of information, leading to mental breakdowns, until she had a realization that science is fundamentally similar to art, which transformed her approach to learning.

Creator: @chels.mov on Instagram

Transcript

This is how art helped me master every scientific subject. Hi. I'm Chels. I'm a biophysics PhD student and also an artist. Come paint a birthday present for a friend with me while I explain. I will be honest. When I first started college, I sucked at test taking. I was suffering in all of my classes. I think one of the biggest misconceptions about intelligence is that it's purely rote memorization. And I remember in every single class I took, I felt like there was a whole textbook worth of infor

Topics: Art, Education, Self-Improvement

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