Ricki Tarr @RickiTarr@beige.party
There is this strange idea, that if we understand the facts or science behind how something works, we will lose our sense of wonder. But this has never felt true for me, understanding prisms doesn’t take away the beauty of a rainbow, understanding evolution doesn’t negate the miracle of our existence. The Universe is a magical place, and the more I learn, the more my wonder deepens.
-Richard Feynman
It only subtracts for those with less knowledge, to many of those people are content with being ignorant. And for the ignorant, there’s nothing they enjoy more than overcompensating and trying to drag others down to their level.
As someone who went to art school, a fairly common view that artists have is that they have a unique view of the world and can see it in a way others cannot. Maybe that’s true, but then the thinking goes that the way others see the world is inferior, and I think there’s nothing further from the truth than that. Everyone sees beauty in different ways.
Too many artists perceived the world in us vs them terms. Art or science. Too this I say: da Vinci. He considered himself an engineer, not an artist but married both in a fascinating way.
(Educated in fine arts myself, but damn if I don’t love science, logic and even a good snippet of code every now and then)
Da Vinci is a great example. There is science in art, and art in science.
And there is art in fart
You can’t spell fart without it!
Science 1, art 0.
Heck, science has shown that some flowers are even more dramatically colored outside our visible spectrum!
I recently watched a YouTube about the nature of reality and how bees, for example, see flowers’ colors invisible to us (not that color actually exists, but that’s an adjacent topic), and the video colorized a white flower to show what might see; absolutely stunning.
@Maeve @RickiTarr @ReadyUser31 @charonn0 @snooggums This was one of my favorite episodes of 3-2-1 Contact back in the day!
@Maeve @ReadyUser31 @charonn0 @snooggums Oh that sounds really cool!
@Maeve @RickiTarr @ReadyUser31 @charonn0 @snooggums Send a link if you find it!
I know it’s just a Mastodon thing, but it looks like you’re summoning a squad of friends to help you find it.
@Sotuanduso my peeps 🥹
I’m not sure if this was it or not: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU6LfXNeQM4
It may have been one titled “hacking reality,” but I’m not logged in, but I highly recommend either of those videos, flower or not.
@Maeve oh, great - thanks :o)
@RickiTarr @ReadyUser31 @charonn0 @snooggums
My pleasure.