Dreadlocks Mysteries

Having attended the QBiC 2014 retreat, I got to meet a number of international students from various universities. One of them was a jovial American from the University of Minnesota. She caught my attention because of her dreadlocks. I was so intrigued of her hairstyle that once we got to knew each other better, I asked her about her hairstyle. It was quite surprising when she revealed that she didn't have it made in the salon but it occurred naturally over time. She had afro-textured hair with tiny spring-like shape; that when left unbrushed and uncut for a long period of time, formed locks of bigger curls and finally becomes the dread locks. It was just like the DNA supercoil. I imagined the strands of her hair as DNA strands that coiled in the process called chromatin condensation during cell-cycle. It's funny that how oblivious one can be. We are often exposed to situations and new things that we tend to ignore in our daily lives. But, once we show interest and start asking questions, we were often surprised by the answers that we got out of it. Here's hoping to have a curious mind, thirsty for information and to hoping to obtain answers and vast knowledge on the little mysteries of life.