“
When we look at science and art as processes
instead of abstract monoliths, they reveal
themselves as following the same basic
progression: some aspect of life touches or
inspires us in a way that is so powerful it makes us
hungry to dig deeper… It is a mode of being,
intuitive as a musician’s fingers dancing along the
strings of a guitar. It is a way of looking, as honed
as a geologist’s fingers sliding softly along the face
of an exposed rock. It is like seeing and feeling
through a different sensory process: through the
bones and lingering in the quality of air. It is a form
of expression rooted firmly in repetition and
familiarity, yet constantly in dialogue with the
process as it unfolds in a dynamic, unexpected way.
When authentic, great science or art uses all of its
tools in order to go somewhere unfamiliar and
report back to the known world in the language of
its experience, moment by moment, faithful to the
unpredictable way it plays out.
Travis Moe
SciArt in America August 2014
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