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Okay, those of you who have known me for a long time know about my thoughts on Art and Physics. I've written papers on it, wrote most of my undergrad application essays on it, and it has always continued to be a huge part of my life. I love the interplay between science and art. Between the two methods of trying to explain the universe to others in a way that makes sense and that they will understand as you do. Physics uses the language of numbers, of math, to explain how bodies interact, how the world is the way it is and why things behave the way that they do. It's often concerned about the why, the how, the mechanics of it. It is also often involving such detail and scale that we have no macro interaction to compare it with. There is nothing we can touch, feel, describe that behaves on a macro level the same way that things behave on the quantum level. It is a foreign, but explainable, phenomenon. But we try to explain, we try to communicate and we try to help others to see what we see how we see it. The same with Art. But often art is associated with the feeling, the perception, the emotional side of the world. That which can't be explained by quarks and gluons. But the aim is the same: to explain, to convey, to communicate that which cannot be readily seen, but only experienced. Only communicated in a way to share that perception to bequeath that perception on another. I have always straddled the two worlds of art and science. I work in a scientific world, but I enrich my life with the arts. Color, form, function, marrying all of them in my life. I look for the beauty within the day to day. I create still. I may have moved from pure physics to an applied science, and I may have moved from studio art to craft and fashion, but I still crave that balance in my life. I crave the pursuit of truth and how to convey that truth. That being said, I was informed of this awesome panel discussion and art gallery event today that is exploring the connections between art and quantum physics. I KNOW! Did they read my mind? I'm hoping that this will end up being and enriching experience rather than running up against a metaphysical feel-good circle jerk. Yes, I'm afraid that it's going to be nothing of substance. I'm afraid that my views are going to be in stark contrast to those on the panel and those whose art is being displayed. I'm afraid of how I will react if that happens, but I'm hoping that I'll find some kindred spirits who are doing this in the pursuit of communicating that which may otherwise be unexplicable. Art and Quantum Physics Event
looking back - thinking ahead
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