I approached the world of biology wanting to become a cancer research scientist and help save lives. As a child, I witnessed my aunt, 50 years old at the time, develop lung cancer and die soon after. Her death left me in utter shock and changed the way I looked at life.
The complexity of life in general and of the delicately threaded biological systems that function on high precision and efficiency are monumental and awe-inspiring. I had the chance to watch cells grow, split, die, form branched vessels, and beat, all on a petri dish. I had moments of discovery that put me over the moon with elation but had many more that left me completely lost and confused. In the end, all moments were teaching moments, and the greatest lesson was the fact that life is inherently mysterious.
As science keeps digging deeper into the smallest components that make up the complex world it becomes more evident that fewer answers are available to us. Certain aspects of life are beyond the limits of our knowledge and many more are beyond the limits of our thoughts and consciousness.
I came to believe that we are not only physical beings interacting with a physical universe but spiritual beings as well. Where Will My Heart Beat? came as an effort to shed light on the dualistic nature of our existence.