Humans of DV: Week 28
Erika Spargo, Anaisha Das, Shreya Jagannathan, and Olivia Phongsa
This week on Humans of DV: a passionate 80’s music fan, a creative musician, an inspirational dancer, and a spirited ice skater. Stay tuned for next week’s installation of this feature and make sure to catch the last installation here if you missed it.
“I think the most interesting thing about my music taste is that it’s so diverse!”
Bella Lopez: “My music taste is different from today’s because I listen to music that is no longer recognized as often, such as 80’s music or classical. The 80’s just seem like such a cool, retro, vintage vibe. Many of the teens in the 80's are carefree, optimistic, and listened to the best music. I started getting into 80’s music 2 years ago. I heard “You Make My Dreams” by Daryl Hall a...
“Music allows me to have this creative and emotional outlet.”
Anushna Sapatnekar: “I started becoming more involved in music when I started writing songs. I think I was 10 years old when I wrote my first song, and I started wanting to learn more musical instruments to support that passion. I was thinking, “Wow, cool people play guitar,” so I wanted to learn how to play the guitar. And I stole my brother’s guitar, and I just started playing a few songs...
“Dance will always be with me.”
Ava Villareal: “I was three years old when I started dancing, but I quit when I was about six because I temporarily lost that passion. Dance felt more like a chore to me, and I would give my mom a very hard time about it. She would ask me to dance, and I would say NO! But after about two years, when I was around eight or nine, I started missing dance again because I was watching my older sister dance. ...
“Setbacks don’t set me back, but instead push me forward in my skills on the ice.”
Arushi Chanda: “My first experience of ice-skating started when at a very young age. My parents first took me to Dublin Iceland, an ice-rink in Dublin, as a fun family break to try to get me to learn how to ice-skate. They filmed the whole experience of me timidly skating, practically walking baby steps, across the ice while engulfed in a puffy jacket and wearing a helmet, shoulder pads, and knee pads...
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