Hello, my name is Mac Stockdale, a DLab student in Lab51, intending to graduate in 2023. Although I didn't know it a few months ago, I recently discovered that my personal mission is to be able to use music as a way to spread good to the world. For the past few years I felt hopeless trying to find passion within my everyday hobbies. I did not know if I even enjoyed music or if music was just something that was encouraged when I was younger. But when I arrived at One Stone, I was given the opportunity to explore new passions and throw myself into the deep end of curiosity. I never really got the chance to do this at public school. One Stone gave me that opportunity to be vulnerable with myself in music, teaching me that I might fail but if I do I will embrace those mistakes and grow because of them. I used music as a way to express myself, I often struggled to understand or voice what I was feeling, but when it came to writing music, I felt like my emotions just poured out of me like a waterfall. I want others to be given that same opportunity as I was when I came to One Stone. I got to perform at a nursing home in my first immersion, Play On, and saw how much I impacted the residents in the nursing home, which changed my outlook on music. I realized that music could be a vessel through which I can create a lot of good in the world. This made me much more passionate about music and made me realize how, if you’re creative enough, your passion can become a tool to make positive change in the community. I want to be able to keep doing that. I want to help other people fall back in love with music, may that be listening to it on their ride to work or even writing their own music. I want them to long for it on hard days, seeing it as a way to embrace vulnerability. One Stone has opened my eyes to new creative opportunities and perspectives of my passions, and I am so grateful I can disrupt for good by doing something I love!
