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The Gaze of the Abyss
- Feb 2007
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- Alchemist and Neo-American Redneck Buddhist
- Frozen Northern Michigan, near Thunder Bay
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Does science reduce appreciation of beauty?
Every moment of a life is a horrible tragedy, a slapstick comedy, dark nihilism, golden illumination, or nothing at all; depending on how we write the story we tell ourselves.
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sea witch
- Oct 2005
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Re: Does science reduce appreciation of beauty?
Yes, and no...
So, I think science, in the short-term does reduce the appreciation of beauty. To understand something, you often have to deconstruct it. Sometimes, you have to deconstruct it over and over and over and over and over and over, until you've destroyed it. But.
In the long run...that knowledge deepens how we define beauty and adds infinite dimensions to how we see it.Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of HistoryPagan Devotionals, because the wind and the rain is our Bible
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The Gaze of the Abyss
- Feb 2007
- 9295
- Alchemist and Neo-American Redneck Buddhist
- Frozen Northern Michigan, near Thunder Bay
- Where are the tweezers?
Re: Does science reduce appreciation of beauty?
I'm of the opinion that the "deconstruction" is actually a re-focusing on specific details - an aesthetic shift from the total to the partial - rather than a temporary loss in aesthetic appreciation.
But I do agree that knowledge and understanding do, in the long run, create an added dimension of aesthetics that is not available to those who avoid knowledge and understanding.
For myself, I am not sure if a love of science made me a better artist, or if my love of art created a love of science. You look at a leaf, you draw it over and over and over, and then you see all those things that make a leaf a leaf.
And you begin to wonder... what are those precisely spaced little hairs there for?Every moment of a life is a horrible tragedy, a slapstick comedy, dark nihilism, golden illumination, or nothing at all; depending on how we write the story we tell ourselves.
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sea witch
- Oct 2005
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- relational theophysis and bioregional witchery
- coastal Georgia
- *a little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika*
Re: Does science reduce appreciation of beauty?
Originally posted by B. de Corbin View PostI'm of the opinion that the "deconstruction" is actually a re-focusing on specific details - an aesthetic shift from the total to the partial - rather than a temporary loss in aesthetic appreciation.Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of HistoryPagan Devotionals, because the wind and the rain is our Bible
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The Gaze of the Abyss
- Feb 2007
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- Alchemist and Neo-American Redneck Buddhist
- Frozen Northern Michigan, near Thunder Bay
- Where are the tweezers?
Re: Does science reduce appreciation of beauty?
Originally posted by thalassa View PostI guess I'm thinking that while there is a beauty in that re-focusing (one probably only appreciated by the nerdy or obsessed), that its really not an aesthetic appreciation.
Or maybe I have a strange approach because of my various interests.Every moment of a life is a horrible tragedy, a slapstick comedy, dark nihilism, golden illumination, or nothing at all; depending on how we write the story we tell ourselves.
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Re: Does science reduce appreciation of beauty?
Have no idea,but I know beauty when I feel it...MAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED
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The Gaze of the Abyss
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- Alchemist and Neo-American Redneck Buddhist
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Re: Does science reduce appreciation of beauty?
Originally posted by anunitu View PostHave no idea,but I know beauty when I feel it...Every moment of a life is a horrible tragedy, a slapstick comedy, dark nihilism, golden illumination, or nothing at all; depending on how we write the story we tell ourselves.
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Re: Does science reduce appreciation of beauty?
You sir are possessed of a dirty mind,not to mention bad comedic timing...MAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED
all i ever wanted was a normal life and love.
NO TERF EVER WE belong Too.
don't stop the tears.let them flood your soul.
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my new page here,let me know what you think.
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The Gaze of the Abyss
- Feb 2007
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- Alchemist and Neo-American Redneck Buddhist
- Frozen Northern Michigan, near Thunder Bay
- Where are the tweezers?
Re: Does science reduce appreciation of beauty?
Originally posted by anunitu View PostYou sir are possessed of a dirty mind,not to mention bad comedic timing...
Every moment of a life is a horrible tragedy, a slapstick comedy, dark nihilism, golden illumination, or nothing at all; depending on how we write the story we tell ourselves.
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Baddda BOOM,badda Bing...rim shot!!!!!!MAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED
all i ever wanted was a normal life and love.
NO TERF EVER WE belong Too.
don't stop the tears.let them flood your soul.
sigpic
my new page here,let me know what you think.
nothing but the shadow of what was
witchvox
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Re: Does science reduce appreciation of beauty?
I think things become even more beautiful when you understand what they are and what they do, because then you won't only see the surface, but the deeper layers of it as well. Without science, we wouldn't see the beauty that goes on underneath that surface.
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Re: Does science reduce appreciation of beauty?
^^^^ so true!The Dragon sees infinity and those it touches are forced to feel the reality of it.
I am his student and his partner. He is my guide and an ominous friend.
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Re: Does science reduce appreciation of beauty?
Originally posted by Thrudr View PostI think things become even more beautiful when you understand what they are and what they do, because then you won't only see the surface, but the deeper layers of it as well. Without science, we wouldn't see the beauty that goes on underneath that surface.Once a man, like the sea I raged;
Once a woman, like the earth I gave;
And there is in fact more earth than sea.
Genesis lyric
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Re: Does science reduce appreciation of beauty?
Arts and Crafts
When the scope of impact is proportional to the simplicity of the design: elegance.
Therein lies the essence of craft. But art, the essence of art is born of vague intuitions
and deep yearnings. Often triggered by some subtle incongruity too nuanced to articulate,
some facade so common and well-worn that it covers over the truth like a warm
and comforting blanket.
The artist though, uniquely sees what is so readily overlooked, suspects a truth lie hidden
beneath and labors to reveal it. Even when peeling back that old blanket leaves one exposed,
feeling cold and naked,
the truth is served and it is beautiful.
Designing elegant experiments is the craft of science.
Revealing truth is the work of artists, whatever the medium.
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Re: Does science reduce appreciation of beauty?
Of course, many artists primarily seek to 'reveal' lies. Propaganda posters have to be drawn by someone, alongside certain political cartoons... But in any case, science is an art in and of itself, and science is beautiful, so the only way it could reduce appreciation of beauty is through an overabundance of it
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