R Magazine, Ex-TeenArt_Issue 1_Authenticity Jun. 2015 | Page 99

Science is to art
as black is to
white?
Science and art are two cultural fields considered to be

servation and curiosity. In our childhood, we systemat-

transcendental for our evolution as society and as in-

ically explore our space, start experimenting, testing,

dividuals. Their similarities and differences are under

sensing and learning new things. Soon after, at school,

constant debate, but more recently, another concern

instructors perform activities that assist to stimulate

has arisen: the need of reintegration and revitalization

these innate abilities, encouraging us to become artists

of this two disciplines in the context of the global edu-

or scientists; or in the worse scenario, frustrate them

cative system for the sake of human and natural kinds.

so by the time that we reach an adult age, we sadly find
science and art tedious, boring, unreachable or simply

At some point of our lives, in our childhood to be pre-

negligible. Under this context, we can see that the com-

cise, we unavoidably feel attracted to many types of

mon issue is a poor educational approach that has been

artistic expressions such as singing, dancing, acting, or

tolerated for decades.

painting. We are born with an ability of creation, ob-