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“Study the science of art and the art of science.” - Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci: "Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses and especially, learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else" and "only through experimentation can we know anything."

Science is the king of art subjects. It is the art of inventions, discoveries, innovations and gaining more knowledge.

"Science is the new art".

Science-art: selling art to scientists and science to artists.

Education is all about learning all those you want to learn and applying wherever possible.

Albert Einstein’s quote — “the greatest scientists are artists as well”.

Science has always relied on visual representation to convey key concepts.

‘If you can’t explain something simply, you don’t understand it.’ - Albert Einstein

Math is undeniably artistic

An interdisciplinary researcher must face the challenge of being proficient in two (or multiple) different research areas! Not only must s/he be familiar with key principles and methodology in each area, but also understand baseless "biases" and "dogmas" that are a result of inbreeding, and struggle to fight these, as new knowledge emerges from her/his research. An unenviable task indeed! The pointlessness of evaluating such researchers work with conventional metrics should be aptly emphasized.

“The best scientists, engineers and mathematicians are incredibly creative in their approaches to problem-solving and application development”.

"Science, like art, is not a copy of nature but a re-creation of her." – Jacob Bronowski

In scientia veritas, in arte honestas — in science truth, in art honor

E.W. Sinnot, the American biologist and philosopher: "Stored images in the mind are the basis for new creative ideas."

Science based art and literature : communicating complexity through simplicity - Krishna

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.
--Physicist and Violinist Albert Einstein

Music gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything by Anonymous

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art - Will Durant

Life itself is a beautiful interaction between art and science. You can't escape it! - Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa

"The Science of Art is like putting a microphone to the whispers of creativity that echo through the halls of every research laboratory fused with the late night musings of the artists in their studios" - Sachi DeCou

“Every Science begins as Philosophy and ends as Art, it arises in hypothesis and flows into achievement”- Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy

Scientists can be artists as well, while they submit their academic papers, and theses they often draw their own illustrations!

Is suffering really necessary? Yes and no. If you had not suffered as you have, there would be no depth to you, no humility, no compassion.
-Eckhart Tolle

Science has enabled the kind of art we’ve never before seen.

Without the arts, science is hobbled. Without science, art is static.

John Maeda wrote of Leonardo da Vinci’s observations that art is the queen of science.

“Science is as much cultural as art is cultural,”

Art is science made clear (what!).

"The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance." - Aristotle.

Science is a search for answers, based on logic, rationality and verification. Its workplace is the laboratory.

In contrast, art is a search for questions, based on intuition, feeling and speculation. Its workplace is the studio.

DaVinci himself said, "Art is the queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world. "
"Art is the heart's explosion on the world. Music. Dance. Poetry. Art on canvas, on walls, on our skins. There is probably no more powerful force for change in this uncertain and crisis-ridden world than young people and their art. It is the consciousness of the world breaking away from the strangle grip of an archaic social order." - Luis J. Rodriguez.

For Dawkins, understanding the science behind natural phenomena (and sometimes being reminded of how much more we have yet to learn or discover) can still make our encounters with them sublime. From this point of view, science is the champion of artistic creativity, not its enemy.

"Scientists and artists are both trying to get a better understanding of the world around us, but they are doing it through different lenses,"

It takes many skills to achieve truly remarkable things. A diverse view to solving problems is best.

You need a deep understanding of science to actually manipulate concepts in novel ways and get creative in science - Krishna

"If you hear a voice within you saying, 'You are not a painter,' then by all means paint ... and that voice will be silenced, but only by working."
-- Vincent van Gogh, in a letter to his brother Theo, 28 October 1883.

"The line between art and science is a thin one, and it waves back and forth”

"One of the most common misconceptions about science is that it isn't creative — that it is inflexible, prescribed or boring. Actually, creativity is a crucial part of how we do science"!

"All knowledge has its origins in perception." Da Vinci.

“The scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it; and he takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful." Jules Henri Poincare

The beauty of art lies in the inimitable creativity of the artist and in the interpretation of the beholder.

"Artists see things one way and scientists another and the really interesting thing is in what's in between."

Einstein’s support of artistic endeavors is both well-known and well-documented.

“The greatest scientists are artists as well,” he once said.

Atul Dodiya (Indian Artist) : Life is beautiful as a painter. Changing colour, observing life and paying attention to every detail that we’re exposed to, and then giving our own vision to it… Nothing gives me more joy.

Art : You accomplish a task that is called art as there is no specific postulates or guidelines.

Science : You do the work with a set of guidelines.

"Change and risk-taking are normal aspects of the creative process. They are the lubricants that keep the wheels in motion. A creative act is not necessarily something that has never been done; it is something you have never done."
-- Nita Leland in The Creative Artis

Pablo Picasso once said, "Good artists copy, great artists steal." All creative artists build upon the work established by the masters before them. ( Not me!- Krishna)

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep – Scott Adams

‘Art makes science come alive for students’

Albert Einstein - “The greatest scientists are artists as well”.

“ Science art shows some of the incredible natural beauty that researchers in life sciences see every day in their work.”

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Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on December 18, 2012 at 9:44am: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=small-wonders-scie...

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Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on December 18, 2012 at 9:38am: Math Museum:
http://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/momath-cool/

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on December 18, 2012 at 8:55am: http://www.pasadenasun.com/news/tn-pas-1216-magnet-attracts-support...

Officials rally for science and arts school in Pasadena

Washington Middle School plans to reopen as a magnet campus next August.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on December 18, 2012 at 8:43am: When do I See Photons? Exhibition
Until 31 December 2012, Starting sundown every evening
Goethe-Institut Montréal, 1626, boul. St-Laurent, suite 100
Participating Artists: Vera Drebusch, Verena Friedrich, Jan Goldfuß, Hörner/Antlfinger and Sunjha Kim
In its new location, with its impressive façade of windows, the Goethe-Institut is now heading into a new direction: the presentation of new media works, videos and short films throughout the year by German and québécois artists.
For Verena Friedrich's work Cellular Performance, the windows of the Goethe-Institut will be transformed into microscopic specimen slides. During lab stays in Australia and Switzerland, the artist researched human and animal cells, whose manipulation she documented through quick-motion filming. The cells form themselves into predetermined concepts, which borrow from current marketing terms and which postulate that a profoundly deficient body can, on both the cellular and molecular level, be corrected and must. Thus, both the language and the cellular material claim a certain independence, through which both are divested of a pure, instrumental application.
http://www.goethe.de/ins/ca/mon/ver/en9785000v.htm

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on December 18, 2012 at 8:41am: HEKTOEN GRAND PRIX ESSAY COMPETITION
Essays of 1,000 to 2,500 words on a subject related to medicine and culture by March 1, 2013. Suggested topics include medicine and art or literature, history of medicine, ethics, music, philosophy, anthropology, linguistics, etc. Clinical studies or case reports are not eligible.
We are offering two prizes:
The Hektoen Grand Prix, for the winner - $1,000
The Hektoen Silver Prize, for the runner-up - $800
The winners will be announced by email on May 1, 2013. All essays will be considered for publication; the Grand Prix and Silver Prize will be showcased in the Summer 2013 issue, and others will be featured throughout the year.
Submit your essay to contest@hektoeninternational.org by March 1, 2013

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on December 18, 2012 at 7:20am: http://kochimuzirisbiennale.org/

The Kochi-Muziris Biennale is an international exhibition of contemporary art being held in Kochi, Kerala.

The exhibition will be set in spaces across Kochi, Muziris and surrounding islands. There will be shows in existing galleries and halls, and site-specific installations in public spaces, heritage buildings and disused structures.

Indian and international artists will exhibit artworks across a variety of mediums including film, installation, painting, sculpture, new media and performance art.

Through the celebration of contemporary art from around the world, The Kochi-Muziris Biennale seeks to invoke the historic cosmopolitan legacy of the modern metropolis of Kochi, and its mythical predecessor, the ancient port of Muziris.

Alongside the exhibition the Biennale will offer a rich programme of talks, seminars, screenings, music, workshops and educational activities for school children and students of all ages.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on December 16, 2012 at 7:07am: http://www.thehindu.com/arts/theatre/art-and-science-collide/articl...

Art and science collide
SRAVASTI DATTA

Interest lies in the characters Picasso At The Lapin Agile
The worlds of art and science collide when Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso run into each other in a bar in Paris in Steve Martin’s Picasso At The Lapin Agile

What would happen if Pablo Picasso were to run into Albert Einstein in a bar? A big bang of ideas, one would suppose. Steve Martin builds on this possibility in his insightful and humorous Picasso At The Lapin Agile. What makes the play even more interesting is that the scientist and artist meet not at their prime, but at the threshold of discovering the genius in them.

Theatre personality Prashanth Nair has assisted Vaisakh Shankar in directing Picasso At The Lapin Agile, which will be staged this weekend. Prashanth says, over phone, that the play appealed for its multi-layered plot. “The playwright hasn’t gone into the intricacies of art and science, his interest is in the characters.”

“The play is set in 1904, addresses many other issues and of things to come. For example, there is a scene in which a waitress, who is independent and states her views, predicts that there will come a time when there will be a craze for automobiles and information will be stored within a small space. The men don’t pay attention to what she says, dismissing her views as far-fetched.”

Further, although the play revolves around Picasso and Einstein discussing their innovative theories, the special theory of relativity and Le Demoiselles D’Avignon, respectively, it also explores the nitty gritty of society. Prashanth adds: “Steve has an interest in the characters. He has made a play on stereotypes; on Picasso being a womaniser and even on the French being loud and particular about their language.” But when it comes to Einstein, Steve provides a true perspective on him, very different from the one we usually associate with him. “Einstein was not eccentric and odd. He was quite a ladies man who wrote some of the nicest quotes on love!” The rivalry between Picasso and Matisse has also been depicted.

For those who think that art and science can never meet, the play addresses how they can and must. “Artists and scientists are involved in the task of creation. The Universe itself is a scientific mystery and a beautiful work of art,” says Prashanth, an award-winning playwright.

Prashanth says they have given equal importance to production values as they have to performances. “The play transports the audience to a particular era. We had to pay attention to costumes, music, sets etc. If we hadn’t, we would being doing an injustice to the play.”

The team at Tahatto also researched Lapin Agile, where the scenes unfold, besides other aspects of the play. “It is a bar where people meet up and discuss ideas, which gives it a fascinating energy. We have recreated the feel of the bar the best we could.”

Picasso At The Lapin Agile will be staged today 14th, Dec. at 8 p.m. and 15th at 3 and 6.30 p.m. at Jagriti Theatre, Whitefield, Bangalore.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on December 16, 2012 at 6:08am: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/347082/description/The_S...

After a day of computer programming and poring over genetic data, Pardis Sabeti relaxes her brain by writing rock songs.

Born in Tehran, Sabeti is a computational biologist at Harvard and the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT. She studies human evolution — past, current and future. Her cutting-edge work on the adaptations of humans and the microbes that infect them placed her among the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders for 2012. And when she’s not in the lab, she’s the lead singer of an alternative rock band in Boston called Thousand Days.

“When my brain is most active in science, I’m also most musically creative,” she says. It’s not that either music or science fuels the other, she explains, but rather that at times her brain enters a creative mode where both just flow.

If her publication record is any indication — Sabeti and her colleagues have already pushed out 13 scientific papers this year — her brain keeps busy by innovating.

Sabeti’s team has crafted computer programs to find human genes that have been shaped by natural selection. Much of her work focuses on how humans have adapted to infectious organisms, so she looks for genes that have been altered to confer resistance to certain diseases. These kinds of genes offer a big survival advantage and tend to spread rapidly through human populations.

She has found hundreds of such genetic variants in people living in places where diseases such as tuberculosis, leprosy and malaria are common. Understanding how these genes help fend off illness may eventually benefit people who were not born with such a genetic endowment, by helping to develop new drugs or other therapies.

In her newest work, Sabeti is also investigating the possibility that some variants in genes that affect hair follicle and sweat gland development might have given certain people some sort of evolutionary edge.

Her music is no less novel. From the beginning, Sabeti and her bandmates performed original music. “We didn’t do covers so no one would know how bad we were,” she says of a band she and two friends started in graduate school. “If you do your own stuff, no one knows how it is supposed to sound.”
Making music may sound like the more glamorous of her pursuits, but Sabeti says research also has its attractions. “For me, it really is a hunt,” she says. “It’s thrilling.”

Soundtrack of a science life
Alternative rock music has played an important role in the life of computational biologist and rocker Pardis Sabeti. Here’s some of the music that has moved her:

Substance by New Order Sabeti says she first fell in love with alternative rock in the car on the way to tennis practice in seventh grade.
Sixteen Stone by Bush The album “really got me through my senior year at college.”
Fischerspooner The band will forever be associated with studying for medical board exams, Sabeti says.
Pretty Hate Machine by Nine Inch Nails When everyone else had left the lab for the evening, Sabeti cranked up Nine Inch Nails and collected the experimental data needed to finish her Ph.D.
Rokstarr by Taio Cruz and F.A.M.E. by Chris Brown Sabeti says these albums and other “really good hip-hop” put her in the right frame of mind to respond to criticism in reviews of her scientific papers: “You feel good about yourself, but you’re ready to fight.”