In a world that demands clarity and specialization, I have always resisted definition. Between science and art, language and design, I have learned that curiosity is not confusion. It’s connection. 

I have never been able to settle for just one thing. From a very young age, I was endlessly inquisitive. Thirsting for knowledge, fascinated by ideas, languages, cultures, and the mysteries of both science and art. Perhaps that explains why I have studied so widely and worked in so many different fields.

To some, this makes me unusual, even confusing. I have often been asked: “Why don’t you just concentrate on one thing?” But how could I, when my head is always brimming with new ideas, constantly absorbing impressions and seeking new ways of understanding the world?

For me, learning has never been a straight line. It is a web of many things. I have studied biology and genetics, interior architecture, art, and languages, anthropology. At first glance, these subjects may seem unrelated, even contradictory. To me, they belong together. Historically, this was not strange at all. The great thinkers of the Renaissance moved fluidly between science and art, mathematics and poetry. Only in modern times have we separated these disciplines, placing them into tidy boxes. But reality is never that tidy, and curiosity doesn’t respect boundaries.

Languages, too, have shaped me. Each one I have studied, some deeply, others less so has opened a new way of thinking and seeing. Every job I have taken, every role I have stepped into, has added another layer to who I am. So why is this viewed as wrong? Why must we define ourselves by a single profession, a single skill set, a single title? The world loves clarity, but clarity is not the same as truth.

I believe that being many at once is not a flaw but a strength. It allows connections that others might not see. It brings resilience, creativity, and perspective. It creates a life that is not confined to one label, but enriched by many. I may never know what I want to “be” when I grow up. But perhaps that is precisely the point. I am not meant to be one thing. I am meant to be many.

Yours truly,

T.Winther

To be many is to be whole, 

though the world prefers one name, 

one shape, one path. 

But I was not made for one. 

-T.