Adaptation

Winter has never been my preferred season. Despite growing up in a region characterized by significant cold weather, I haven’t developed any particular resilience to winter’s challenges compared to others. Yet I’ve come to recognize the value in the complete seasonal cycle and make deliberate efforts to find meaningful engagement with winter’s unique qualities, even while acknowledging my natural preference for warmer months.

Fluidity represents the capacity to flow—a property found in gases and liquids that allows them to change form in response to their environment. Some fascinating substances exhibit complex behaviors that blend properties of both solids and liquids. Consider non-Newtonian fluids like a mixture of water with corn starch, which demonstrates remarkable properties—becoming more solid-like when subjected to sudden force, then returning to liquid-like behavior when at rest. Conversely, substances like ketchup remain solid until disturbed, after which they flow freely—explaining why a gentle tap on an upturned bottle transforms it from stationary to flowing.