Today I started thinking that in reality, there is no difference between being a researcher and being an artist. Artist are people that look at the world through their own perspective, that see things that others don't, and that are able to translate that into movement, be that with paint, words or their own bodies (or an instrument).
Researchers look at the world differently than 'normal people'. We have special eyes to see, special senses to understand and a different mindset that allows us to focus on something and figure out what is behind it, to grasp that which is beyond what other people understand. We find something and then we take it apart... just to put it together later, not as it was originally, but channeled through our experience with that object.
As I pondered these thoughts, I realized that I think of myself as a writer. I approach my research as I think other writers do: it is inspiration, a good eye and lots of hard work that make a good paper. Isn't it the same with stories or novels?
I am a writer, and my research is art. I put puzzles together, and then I take them apart.
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