OlenaThu, Dec 17, 2009 Infinitas -
What a great comment. I would love to have an army of nanobots for building 3D structures. I would love to build you an asteroid mansion! I can only hope I'll get commissioned for such awesome projects someday. Even just working on nanobots would be exciting enough in itself... I might become obsessed with this idea.
It's sad that you say "this inherent beauty is lacking in the art world" and I'm quite sure that it's because many of us just copy what we see on the surface, without actually understanding the inner beauty. Maybe some don't want to learn the "hard stuff" and so they only dabble with what looks like science. That in itself can be good, it's better than no interest at all... but I think, some of the problem is also access to that kind of education. That is, when we choose a college here, it's all about specialization and having a set "career path" so it can be difficult to do the renaissance man thing. I'm actually struggling to do this right now — my art school doesn't offer very advanced science/math courses, and even just to take classes outside of school is always more and more money. That's unfortunate.
their brains tend to become more adapted towards thinking a certain way; thinking in a way that reflects what they are better capable of doing.
That might be another roadblock... do you think so?
Very thankfully, we now have the internet right at our fingertips and we can learn so much more, pretty much for free. But even so, watching video lectures and reading books is not the same as having a professor or professional to go to for help. There are a lot of things to understand, and it can be hard even for the self-motivated learner.
Anyway, better to try right?
There are some very good things out there that aren't just trendy and superficial, though. I just finished a course learning about the history of art, science, & spirituality and how they've gone hand in hand for centuries really.
And on occasion I hear about scientists who team up with artists, which I think is really cool.
I recently read about this microbiologist Simon Park: "[He's] the kind of person who finds his work to be really beautiful beyond his explanation, but not considering himself an artist he finds that hard to share this vision with people. So he collaborates." (as described by artist Brendan Monroe).
Infinitas -
What a great comment. I would love to have an army of nanobots for building 3D structures. I would love to build you an asteroid mansion! I can only hope I'll get commissioned for such awesome projects someday. Even just working on nanobots would be exciting enough in itself... I might become obsessed with this idea.
It's sad that you say "this inherent beauty is lacking in the art world" and I'm quite sure that it's because many of us just copy what we see on the surface, without actually understanding the inner beauty. Maybe some don't want to learn the "hard stuff" and so they only dabble with what looks like science. That in itself can be good, it's better than no interest at all... but I think, some of the problem is also access to that kind of education. That is, when we choose a college here, it's all about specialization and having a set "career path" so it can be difficult to do the renaissance man thing. I'm actually struggling to do this right now — my art school doesn't offer very advanced science/math courses, and even just to take classes outside of school is always more and more money. That's unfortunate.
That might be another roadblock... do you think so?
Very thankfully, we now have the internet right at our fingertips and we can learn so much more, pretty much for free. But even so, watching video lectures and reading books is not the same as having a professor or professional to go to for help. There are a lot of things to understand, and it can be hard even for the self-motivated learner.
Anyway, better to try right?
There are some very good things out there that aren't just trendy and superficial, though. I just finished a course learning about the history of art, science, & spirituality and how they've gone hand in hand for centuries really.
Here's a link to some amazing glass sculptures that were used for biology lessons.
And on occasion I hear about scientists who team up with artists, which I think is really cool.
I recently read about this microbiologist Simon Park: "[He's] the kind of person who finds his work to be really beautiful beyond his explanation, but not considering himself an artist he finds that hard to share this vision with people. So he collaborates." (as described by artist Brendan Monroe).