RourkeTue, Jan 8, 2008 I think art does a lot more than give subjective meaning to life. Art defines the subjective.
If you look at the history of art and science in conjunction one can see a correlation between the kind of reality science is describing and the metaphorical substructures which art is manifesting at the same time. When a scientist reformulates their mathematical formulae into human language they use metaphors as models which subjectively represent the new reality they mean to convey. Art is the process of coming up with new connections between things, people, events, ideas. Art is the process of metaphorising the universe in broader terms - a constant redefinition.
Scientists take on board art, just as we all do, and use it to expand their metaphorical worlds. Art does not just attempt to model thought, art defines thought which in turn defines reality.
I think art does a lot more than give subjective meaning to life. Art defines the subjective.
If you look at the history of art and science in conjunction one can see a correlation between the kind of reality science is describing and the metaphorical substructures which art is manifesting at the same time. When a scientist reformulates their mathematical formulae into human language they use metaphors as models which subjectively represent the new reality they mean to convey. Art is the process of coming up with new connections between things, people, events, ideas. Art is the process of metaphorising the universe in broader terms - a constant redefinition.
Scientists take on board art, just as we all do, and use it to expand their metaphorical worlds. Art does not just attempt to model thought, art defines thought which in turn defines reality.