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"I have a friend who's an artist and has sometimes taken a view which I don't agree with very well. He'll hold up a flower and say "look how beautiful it is," and I'll agree. Then he says "I as an artist can see how beautiful this is but you as a scientist take this all apart and it becomes a dull thing," and I think that he's kind of nutty.

First of all, the beauty that he sees is available to other people and to me too, I believe. Although I may not be quite as refined aesthetically as he is ... I can appreciate the beauty of a flower. At the same time, I see much more about the flower than he sees. I could imagine the cells in there, the complicated actions inside, which also have a beauty. I mean it's not just beauty at this dimension, at one centimeter; there's also beauty at smaller dimensions, the inner structure, also the processes. The fact that the colors in the flower evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is interesting; it means that insects can see the color. It adds a question: does this aesthetic sense also exist in the lower forms? Why is it aesthetic? All kinds of interesting questions which the science knowledge only adds to the excitement, the mystery and the awe of a flower.

It only adds. I don't understand how it subtracts."  - Richard Feynman

You know that kid in class, who's completely obsessed with maths/science and has a bright future ahead of him if he actually applies himself?
I'm like him, but my art obsession is kinda useless.

Exams in 5 days.. studying 10 hours a day. Arg. Fuck. All I want to do is paint pretty pictures!

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I have an idea. Who would like to be involved in a Community project called "Art Hour". Once a day, for an hour*, Miragedragon and I  are going to actually spend that whole one solid hour working on art. At the end of it we will post what we've done, ready or not, just to show our progress.

If other people would like to be involved I suggest we make it so that once you've posted you then go and constructively critique others daily art, so then we can all get feedback and help one another grow as artists. I also suggest that you FIND something to post for other people's works: One GOOD thing that you really love about the piece they've posted AND why you love it, and one thing that you see that needs IMPROVEMENT (not necessarily in a bad way, remember this is to help us get better and you know how crappy it makes you feel when someone tells you outright you've fucked up etc, so try not to do it to others. We're just looking for ways to improve our WORK IN PROGRESS pieces so that you improve the overall end result) along with a suggestion of HOW to improve said piece.

Critique doesn't have to be fancy or technical, we're not looking for a eye for detail, or an expert opinion... ultimately these works that we put so much effort into are for EVERYONE, so it's nice to get different view points and different ideas from unique individuals, so don't be afraid to not know how to FIX it, just suggest an improvement.

The artform doesn't matter, the outcome doesn't matter, only the progress, and the motivation, to do it, to get better, to share and to help one another.  Be it traditional, digital, 3D, stories, poetry or whatever, anyone who would like to be in on this is welcome to join us.

If you're interested note  Miragedragon with an FA or a DA or whatever and we'll all get in touch somehow. Also, please feel free to copy/paste this journal into your own to share with your watchers

Thank you!

_{*Admittedly, I tend to go overboard and spend longer than an hour... But no one is going to smack you for this! The point is to just get into the habit of doing at least one arty thing a day.}

It would make it SO much easier to stalk... if all of the artists I love had a fb group.
So, in hopes that others might join me, I made one:

www.facebook.com/pages/Wendys-…

Go stalk. GO GO GO!

Whenever I'm studying science, I'm thinking about art.
Whenever I create art, my inspiration comes from science...  (And I feel guilty for it, because I really ought to be studying.)

I need to reach an equilibrium.

Who else has this problem? How do you deal with it?