I had a lot of origami paper stored in my room because back in high school, I really thought I’d take up origami as a hobby. I made origami butterflies for my graduation cap, and I remember hearing that a student at my old college did research at Cornell on how origami structures can be ideal for some bioengineering application, I don’t remember exactly what, but it seemed like an art form with a lot of possibilities so I wanted to try it. Unfortunately, I didn’t follow through with that, but this event was a nice way to use some of the pretty origami paper I still have. I got to see some familiar faces too, so it was a double win. Honestly, though, I don’t feel so bad about not taking up that hobby, because origami is very difficult and it takes a lot of time to make something really cool. But who knows–in the future I’ll probably be making origami butterflies for some other decoration, maybe my next graduation cap!
I try picking up hobbies all the time too. I often fail too, so I understand the struggle. It is so cool that bioengineers are thinking about using origami structures. As a fellow engineer, this topic seems really fascinating.