Jaden and Willow Smith Get Philosophical

Topics such as quantum physics and prana energy intrigue Jaden and Willow Smith so much that it seems like they enjoy exercising abstract and theoretical thinking into their routine as much as creating music itself. In their first-ever joint interview, the star of Karate Kid and vocalist of “Whip My Hair,” now 16- and 14-years-old respectively, show that they have come a long way ideologically since the early days of their career. While the interviewer attempts to touch on their artistic themes, work processes and personal growth, the Smith children give him much more. We’re not really sure how to interpret their thoughts but we can confirm that they are passionate ambassadors of very peculiar philosophies. Check out a few excerpts below:

On their views on the concept of time

Willow: I mean, time for me, I can make it go slow or fast, however I please, and that’s how I know it doesn’t exist.

Jaden: It’s proven that how time moves for you depends on where you are in the universe. It’s relative to beings and other places. But on the level of being here on earth, if you are aware in a moment, one second can last a year. And if you are unaware, your whole childhood, your whole life can pass by in six seconds. But it’s also such a thing that you can get lost in.

Willow: Because living.

Jaden: Right, because you have to live. There’s a theoretical physicist inside all of our minds, and you can talk and talk, but it’s living.

Willow: It’s the action of it.

On recurring themes in their work
Jaden: The P.C.H. being one of them; the melancholiness of the ocean; the melancholiness of everything else.

Willow: And the feeling of being like, this is a fragment of a holographic reality that a higher consciousness made.

Jaden: [bursts into laughter] As soon as me and Willow started releasing music, that’s one thing that the whole world took away is, okay, they unlocked another step of honesty. If these guys can be honest about everything, then we can be more honest.
Interviewer: How have you gotten better?

Willow: Caring less what everybody else thinks, but also caring less and less about what your own mind thinks, because what your own mind thinks, sometimes, is the thing that makes you sad.

Jaden: Exactly. Because your mind has a duality to it. So when one thought goes into your mind, it’s not just one thought, it has to bounce off both hemispheres of the brain. When you’re thinking about something happy, you’re thinking about something sad. When you think about an apple, you also think about the opposite of an apple. It’s a tool for understanding mathematics and things with two separate realities. But for creativity: That comes from a place of oneness. That’s not a duality consciousness. And you can’t listen to your mind in those times — it’ll tell you what you think and also what other people think.

Willow: And then you think about what you think, which is very dangerous.