Science and art are intertwined

Ann's posting triggered this for me.

Each year the summer night sky in the northern hemisphere is dominated by three brilliant stars: Vega, Deneb and Altair, forming what's known as "The Summer Triangle".

Now this patch of the night sky can be studied and analysed to *infinite* depths by the analytically minded person who leans toward scientific obsessions. Equally, the artistic person can find him/herself immersed in painting, writing about, drawing or poeticising about the sheer beauty of the small and large wonders contained within The Summer Triangle:

http://www.areavoices.com/astrobob/images/thumbnail/Great_Rift_SMALL.jpg



Both these scientific and artistic pursuits are equally as good as one another and will be equally pleasurable depending on one's own preference.

So there I see a very small difference between art and science...

Except in the brain of the artist or the scientist.
They must be quite different.

Ahad,
good Post.
How we view our world varies. I guess that is "through the eyes of the beholder." You see things that I not only miss, but wouldn't know where to look without some point of reference. It often boils down to one's level of interest. Your brilliance shows.

I think artists are more creative than scientists though!?

I do bet there are scientists who have produced magnificent works of art through the ages... I do not believe that artists and scientists are two mutually exclusive types of people.

The world's top 10 most colourful fishes:

http://chinapartime.com/?p=660




Here I'd simply prefer to appreciate the superficial colour and beautiful appearances of these creatures and observe their swimming tactics, rather than delve too deep into their internal organs/DNA and scheme up new ways to give them an extra couple of legs ... or maybe a third eye (what a 21st century scientist may well think about doing! )

Abdul wrote:

I do bet there are scientists who have produced magnificent works of art
through the ages

Leonardo da Vinci comes to mind.

Ann

Leonardo Da Vinci was a very great man.

Didn't he also invent the Da Vinci Code? I'm totally clueless here...

No that was Macintosh. He developed the Apple.

I think you may be right Shelagh... the Apple Mac!