I learned a lot from this film but one thing that was really interesting to me was that despite their complex structures, every radiolarian is only a single cell. I found Haeckel’s struggle with being pulled in multiple directions both when it comes to religion versus science and science versus art not only interesting but also highly relatable. I felt a similar struggle myself when I first graduated as part of me felt that I should stay in China and focus on searching for job opportunities, but at the same time there was a part of me that was drawn to traveling and experiencing cultures that I had never seen before and that is what drew me to attending Bucknell University. For years I have always considered science to be a very practical field that didn’t have much room for artistic and creative expression. While there was room for creative new ideas when it comes to problem solving and discoveries I had always assumed that there wasn’t much room for art or other creative efforts within the field. However after watching Proteus I found Haeckel’s story very inspiring as he was able to not only continue being an amazing scientist but also found a way to integrate his passion for art within his research in such a way that one would not be complete without the other. For me this was really impressive as I had always assumed art and science were completely unrelated fields of work.