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Do you like ART
Do you like ART
or
or
SCIENCE?
SCIENCE?
Or…………….. neither….
Or…………….. neither….
Or………………both?
Or………………both?
What’s the difference?
What’s the difference?
Is there a difference?
Is there a difference?
Somebody once summed it all up like this:
Somebody once summed it all up like this:
"Science is boring, art is stupid."
"Science is boring, art is stupid."
I don’t look for any great discoveries…..or art…. emanating from that mind.
I don’t look for any great discoveries…..or art…. emanating from that mind.
When did we separate art and science? Bachelor of Art?……….Bachelor of Science?
When did we separate art and science? Bachelor of Art?……….Bachelor of Science?
…really?..
…really?..
We can thank Aristotle for that. Thanks, Ari, but I think you may have gotten it wrong….
We can thank Aristotle for that. Thanks, Ari, but I think you may have gotten it wrong….
and…..…we have based our whole approach to education on that misperception.
and…..…we have based our whole approach to education on that misperception.
Is there really a difference between...
Is there really a difference between...
….a mind contemplating the relationship of light and mass….
….a mind contemplating the relationship of light and mass….
and….
and….
....a mind contemplating the relationship of light….and shadow?
....a mind contemplating the relationship of light….and shadow?
Art?
Art?
Science?
Science?
And?
And?
Or?
Or?
And…what about belief?
And…what about belief?
A. Einstein mused about all this “stuff.” He decided that:
A. Einstein mused about all this “stuff.” He decided that:
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.”
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.”
Do you know that, for the first time in human history, scientists are beginning to think that the universe is so complex…
Do you know that, for the first time in human history, scientists are beginning to think that the universe is so complex…
...so complex, that it is beyond the physiology…and biochemistry of the human brain to understand it.
...so complex, that it is beyond the physiology…and biochemistry of the human brain to understand it.
I did not say that our universe is not “understandable”. Rather, that it is so complex, it is not understandable...…by us.
I did not say that our universe is not “understandable”. Rather, that it is so complex, it is not understandable...…by us.
So, to Albert’s musing...
So, to Albert’s musing...
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious…
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious…
It is the source of all true art and science…
It is the source of all true art and science…
Add…
Add…
"The most beautiful thing about art and science is that….
"The most beautiful thing about art and science is that….
....they are the sources of all true mysteries.”
....they are the sources of all true mysteries.”
People who think that art and science are separate may say…
People who think that art and science are separate may say…
Art creates and science destroys.
Art creates and science destroys.
Art is inductive and science is deductive.
Art is inductive and science is deductive.
Art is subjective while science is objective.
Art is subjective while science is objective.
Art is knowledge while science is seeking knowledge.
Art is knowledge while science is seeking knowledge.
Artists are extraverted showoffs and scientists are introverted nerds…
Artists are extraverted showoffs and scientists are introverted nerds…
You know…
You know…
...Dali with that weird mustache and stare…did Jonas Salk have rimmed glasses and a pocket protector?
...Dali with that weird mustache and stare…did Jonas Salk have rimmed glasses and a pocket protector?
Who cares, anyway?
Who cares, anyway?
To all the people who put up walls between art and science…I say, “poppycock”…
To all the people who put up walls between art and science…I say, “poppycock”…
Yes, hipsters, while you are resurrecting ‘twas, thou, wilst and smitten…throw in poppycock, too.…an appropriate word for waaaay too many news stories…….and social media postings about science and art.
Yes, hipsters, while you are resurrecting ‘twas, thou, wilst and smitten…throw in poppycock, too.…an appropriate word for waaaay too many news stories…….and social media postings about science and art.
It’s easy to sit in an armchair and create imaginary worlds… where art and science are fundamentally different.
It’s easy to sit in an armchair and create imaginary worlds… where art and science are fundamentally different.
Worlds where art and science obey YOUR rules, not the rules of the universe.
Worlds where art and science obey YOUR rules, not the rules of the universe.
However…
However…
if you bother to get out of your armchair and actually…
if you bother to get out of your armchair and actually…
paint a picture,
paint a picture,
compose a piece of music,
compose a piece of music,
solve an equation
solve an equation
write a ballet,
write a ballet,
discover a star,
discover a star,
mold some clay,
mold some clay,
write a poem,
write a poem,
perform some jazz
perform some jazz
engage in scientific discovery
engage in scientific discovery
it becomes apparent just how similar art and science are.
it becomes apparent just how similar art and science are.
Again…
Again…
Is there really a difference between...
Is there really a difference between...
….a mind contemplating the relationship of light and mass….
….a mind contemplating the relationship of light and mass….
and….
and….
....a mind contemplating the relationship of light….and shadow?
....a mind contemplating the relationship of light….and shadow?
Are the minds of the scientist and artist the last laboratories of true creativity in our “group-think” and media-driven world?
Are the minds of the scientist and artist the last laboratories of true creativity in our “group-think” and media-driven world?
A world where we think what OTHERS think or…worse yet….
A world where we think what OTHERS think or…worse yet….
...what others WANT US to think.
...what others WANT US to think.
The Medium is the Message….or is it…
The Medium is the Message….or is it…
...the Media is the Mass Age?
...the Media is the Mass Age?
Aren’t the artist and the scientist….collaborators seeking and understanding truth and the relationship of truth to humankind?
Aren’t the artist and the scientist….collaborators seeking and understanding truth and the relationship of truth to humankind?
Leonardo, could you have painted your Mona Lisa……..without inquiry into the science of human anatomy and physiology?
Leonardo, could you have painted your Mona Lisa……..without inquiry into the science of human anatomy and physiology?
Ms. Potter, could you have written and illustrated Peter Rabbit without your life-long studies and drawings of natural science?
Ms. Potter, could you have written and illustrated Peter Rabbit without your life-long studies and drawings of natural science?
Does DNA really look like that or… is what we see in our mind’s eye…. a 3-D sculptural or holographic representation of what it looks like?
Does DNA really look like that or… is what we see in our mind’s eye…. a 3-D sculptural or holographic representation of what it looks like?
Did we think that the earth and universe were flat because the idea evolved on flat pieces of papyrus or paper?
Did we think that the earth and universe were flat because the idea evolved on flat pieces of papyrus or paper?
Today, do we think that the relationship of science and art is flat….
Today, do we think that the relationship of science and art is flat….
..because we learn about it on...
..because we learn about it on...
...Micro-thin…
...Micro-thin…
...Mega-pixelled…
...Mega-pixelled…
...Mass Media-driven
...Mass Media-driven
flat screens?
flat screens?
Are those science channels really science?
Are those science channels really science?
Have you ever seen Picasso’s Guernica in person or just on a page or screen? Go see it….an artist’s view…of the science…of war.
Have you ever seen Picasso’s Guernica in person or just on a page or screen? Go see it….an artist’s view…of the science…of war.
Did you know that there are worldwide symposia created these days to consider how to represent science using art and how to represent art, using science?
Did you know that there are worldwide symposia created these days to consider how to represent science using art and how to represent art, using science?
Symposia created to examine the intersections between linguistics, computer science, neuroscience, music, sculpture, painting, dance and philosophy? How can these intersections be used to represent the complexity and the relationship of art and science?
Symposia created to examine the intersections between linguistics, computer science, neuroscience, music, sculpture, painting, dance and philosophy? How can these intersections be used to represent the complexity and the relationship of art and science?
Imagine a world where scientists use their SENSES to understand complex data. You know, today’s data doesn’t fit neatly on bar graphs or pie charts.
Imagine a world where scientists use their SENSES to understand complex data. You know, today’s data doesn’t fit neatly on bar graphs or pie charts.
Imagine a world where scientists seek to understand complex data on an artistic……perceptual level.
Imagine a world where scientists seek to understand complex data on an artistic……perceptual level.
I’m talking about understanding data by looking at it….walking through it or touching it or smelling it or hearing it or feeling it. An immersive 3-D virtual world of scientific data experienced as….art….…It may be the only way to even approach understanding the complexity of the universe.
I’m talking about understanding data by looking at it….walking through it or touching it or smelling it or hearing it or feeling it. An immersive 3-D virtual world of scientific data experienced as….art….…It may be the only way to even approach understanding the complexity of the universe.
We all know what a brain looks like from the outside. Some of us, actually, get to hold a brain in our hands. We certainly all know what a brain on drugs looks like…a fried egg, correct?
We all know what a brain looks like from the outside. Some of us, actually, get to hold a brain in our hands. We certainly all know what a brain on drugs looks like…a fried egg, correct?
Have you ever wondered what a brain on jazz looks like? How does an MRI visualize the neuroscience of artistic musical creativity?
Have you ever wondered what a brain on jazz looks like? How does an MRI visualize the neuroscience of artistic musical creativity?
I applaud and encourage the scientific artist. So should you.
I applaud and encourage the scientific artist. So should you.
I applaud and encourage the artistic scientist. So should you.
I applaud and encourage the artistic scientist. So should you.
I challenge you…. artists and scientists out there… create an all-encompassing “Theory of Everything.” A theory that not only explains the everything of science, but also explains the everything of art and metaphysics. A true “Theory of Everything.”
I challenge you…. artists and scientists out there… create an all-encompassing “Theory of Everything.” A theory that not only explains the everything of science, but also explains the everything of art and metaphysics. A true “Theory of Everything.”
In our modern “group-think” culture, the artist and the scientist may be the last souls on earth who are the true, autonomous thinkers.
In our modern “group-think” culture, the artist and the scientist may be the last souls on earth who are the true, autonomous thinkers.
Art?
Art?
Science?
Science?
And?
And?
Or?
Or?
Just imagine… a world where scientists seek to understand complex data on an artistic……perceptual level. A true blending of art…and science…
Just imagine… a world where scientists seek to understand complex data on an artistic……perceptual level. A true blending of art…and science…
Hmmm…
Hmmm…
...I wonder what strolling through a virtual genome will look like?...will feel like?…will smell like?….will sound like? …..
...I wonder what strolling through a virtual genome will look like?...will feel like?…will smell like?….will sound like? …..
My hope???….like very smoooooooth….. chocolate-scented…....
My hope???….like very smoooooooth….. chocolate-scented…....
......JAAAAAAZZZ……….
......JAAAAAAZZZ……….
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