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LucyAnn Saltzman |
Theatre |
| Hobbies/Interests:
Theatre and Crossword Puzzles |
1. How would
you define science?
How would you define
art?
I don’t really know how to define science. It’s a study of how the
world works, being able to analyze, quantify, and examine the world around
us.
Art is the way we analyze what is abstract and the inner workings of life.
Things that can’t be expressed in a concrete way are communicated through
art.
Science is something you can put your finger on, art is intuitive.
There is a crossover between the two, the scientist makes a leap of faith,
here art helps the scientist, to develop the ability to imagine and understand
something unconcrete.
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2. What drew you
towards art?
Why do you think scientists
are drawn to their field?
I like change and variety
and having 3 or 4 jobs gives me the chance to do something different.
I enjoy teaching because I like getting to know what young people think
about. It’s important for young people to know how to write and to
speak. I have also taught painting. Scientists have something
kick off, they think “I like that.” Certain things are easy for some
people, which draws them to it
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of all answers to question 2
3. What do you aim to
accomplish in art?
What do you think scientists
aim to accomplish?
My greatest dream is to
write plays and see people performing the words I put together and see
them come to life, I’d like more success in that. Scientists learn
more how everything works, as does the artists, but the scientist takes
a different route.
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of all answers to question 3
4. Do you think
what you do is creative? If so, how? If not,
why?
Do you think science
is creative? If so, how? If not, why?
What I do is creative -
but there are some practical aspects and semantics, figuring how to get
printer equipment for example. It’s creative, but with set standards
to get it all together. Science never makes discovery without a leap
of faith. The pieces get put together, like art. Putting together
words instead of chemicals and concepts - it’s a creative mixture of all
acquired knowledge.
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of all answers to question 4
5. To what degree
do emotions play a role in your work if at all?
To what degree do you
think emotions play a role in science?
Emotions are the fire that
gets it rolling in art. In science, it is the same thing, the driving
force. Persistence is sparked by emotion.
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of all answers to question 5
6. What is beauty?
Do you find beauty in
art?
Do you find beauty in
science?
I remember the quote “Beauty
is art, art is beauty,” but I don’t remember who said it. Beauty
is subjective, different for everyone. When all parts fit together,
there is a sense of joy, harmony, and excellence. There is definitely beauty
in art. I’m sure there is beauty in science but I can’t interpret
it.
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of all answers to question 6
7. Do you think
art and science are related? If so, how? If not, why?
They are related - all are
a part of life.
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8. Which do you
think plays a greater role: science in art or art in science?
I can’t say one more than
the other - science gives us great understanding and makes life better,
but without art life wouldn’t be worth living. Both are equally important.
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of all answers to question 8
9. When you are
observing nature, what thoughts come to mind?
There is only one mind;
one infinite experience in everything and for everything. I am part
of nature and it is part of me.
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of all answers to question 9
10. What do you
consider success in your field?
All the little victories
when something works right, when a design works, when a student makes a
better presentation, when i finish a personal project. We build our
lives in each day and not planning for some great something to happen in
the future to enjoy each piece. Each little thing that works right
and appreciate the people in the world.
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| Scientist |
| Professor
Van Wyk |
Computer
Science |
| Hobbies/Interests:
Reading, swimming, choral singing, and of course computer science. |
1.
How would you define science?
Science is the organized
search for knowledge.
How would you define
art?
Art is the expression of
something human.
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2. What drew you
towards science?
I was drawn to this field
upon meeting my first computer. I had the desire to make it work
- I was at an impressionable age!
Why do you think artists
are drawn to their field?
Artists are drawn to their
fields because they have something to express.
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of all answers to question 2
3. What do you aim
to accomplish in science?
I try to accomplish two
things - to solve practcial problems (not science but technology), and
find beautiful solutions to problems.
What do you think artists
aim to accomplish?
Artists try to find new
ways to express themselves.
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of all answers to question 3
4. Do you think
what you do is creative? If so, how? If not,
why?
Science is very creative.
It requires putting things together in new ways and building on what’s
already known.
Do you think art is creative?
If so, how? If not, why?
Yes, art is creative.
Good art says something that hasn’t been said before, or it says something
in a new way.
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of all answers to question 4
5. To what degree
do emotions play a role in your work if at all?
Emotions play almost no
role in science.
To what degree do you
think emotions play a role in art/?
In art, there is more scope
for expressing emotions than in science.
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of all answers to question 5
6. What is beauty?
I know beauty when I experience
it. I’m not sure of a definition beyond that.
Do you find beauty in
art?
Yes, there is beauty in
art.
Do you find beauty in
science?
There is also beauty in
science, there is beauty when you see it and you know it and it is the
right answer.
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of all answers to question 6
7. Do you think
art and science are related? If so, how? If not, why?
Sure. For example,
people have used mathematical science to understand art and mathematical
patterns in music.
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of all answers to question 7
8. Which do you
think plays a greater role: science in art or art in science?
Science in art plays a greater
role because a lot of science is pedestrian, with no art in it. An
artist working with any physical medium knows its properties, even if s/he
doesn’t think about them.
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of all answers to question 8
9. When you are observing
nature, what thoughts come to mind?
Nature is big and I am small.
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of all answers to question 9
10. What do you
consider success in your field?
Success is defining the
right problem and finding the right answer.
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| Other Discipline |
| Professor
Dutra |
Philosophy |
| Hobbies/Interests:
Books, music, and sports |
1.
How would you define science?
Science attempts to understand
the world especially as we sense it. It is not an attempt to control
nature. It furthers the understanding of the world, not trying to
predict it. Science is about intellectual curiosities; an attempt
to systemize the disparate facts we come to learn about the world around
us.
How would you define
art?
Art is not easily defined.
What makes a work of art? There are many media of art: music, writing,
sculpture, paint. Common threads? They are not primarily for
pleasure, and they are not primarily aesthetically pleasing. The
artist communicates his/her view of the world. We can learn from
what both artists and scientists want to say to us. Art does not
have to be interpreted. Both art and science are used to gain an
understanding of the world (but not empirical science or mathematical science).
Essentially the artist is a scientist because of their aim to understand
the world.
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of all answers to question 1
2. Why do you think
scientists are drawn to their field?
Why do you think artists
are drawn to their field?
Ideally, scientists are
drawn to their field because they are intellectually curious about the
world. Why are people drawn to art? Pretty much the same reason
as science. Also, artists may have something to offer; some understanding
that they want to share with the world. Or, they were inspired by
someone else in that field. However, there are those who go into
the fields of art and science because they want fame or money. But
the idealized reason is if people have / want a deeper understanding.
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3. What do you think
scientists aim to accomplish?
What do you think artists
aim to accomplish?
The goals of both artists
and scientists are very similar. They want to communicate their ideas
for the benefit of others, and they hope for feedback. Artists and
scientists both want to satisfy their intellectual curiosity.
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of all answers to question 3
4. Do you think
science is creative? If so, how? If not, why?
Do you think art is creative?
If so, how? If not, why?
Both science and art are
very creative. The scientist doesn’t just record facts about life
and the world and make generalizations. Scientists create theories
by accumulating facts and adding them together to make theories.
Art is a creative form of expression.
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of all answers to question 4
5. To what degree
do you think emotions play a role in art?
To what degree do you
think emotions play a role in science?
Emotions are more of an
inspiration for artists than for scientists. Science doesn’t need
to calculate to be inspired. Emotions are more in art, and thinking
is more in science. Emotions are conveyed through art. An emotion
present in both fields is that which drives the artist/scientist to become
well known, and there is also jealousy of the success of others.
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of all answers to question 5
6. What is beauty?
Do you find beauty in
art?
Do you find beauty in
science?
Beauty is perhaps undefinable. What good is a definition. Just
for some examples, paintings of war are not beautiful, but they are not
not great art. I refuse to answer this question! I don’t know
how.
Sure there is beauty in art. It’s like a metaphor trying to explain
beauty, there aren’t enough words to go around. Philosophy is beautiful.
Something can be beautiful without having to explain what makes it beautiful.
Beauty is in the difficulty and complexity of philosophy problems.
Interest parallels beauty, if something is interesting then it is beautiful.
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of all answers to question 6
7. Do you think
art and science are related? If so, how? If not, why?
Art and science are related.
Both use symbols to convey ideas. However, the language and symbols
used in art are different from the language and symbols used in science.
If you understand art, you can learn from it. If you understand science,
you can learn from it.
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of all answers to question 7
8. Which do you
think plays a greater role: science in art or art in science?
I don’t know. But
as an example of science in art, the works of Bach are organized and systematic.
This might mirror the world as organized. The artist uses science
for form - unless the art is abstract, form is an important part.
As for art in science, technology is an example. There are new media
to create art in, such as digital paintings. Science makes art goal
driven.
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of all answers to question 8
9. When you are
observing nature, what thoughts come to mind?
No special thoughts in particular.
I’m usually thinking about something else when I’m outside. Perhaps
I’m thinking of the coffee I am on my way to go get! But if I am
specifically outside to meditate on nature, I think of the colors.
It’s like looking at a painting. It is a high dependency on the sense
of sight.
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10. What do you
consider success in your field?
Success in my field is to
be established in a nice school. I enjoy teaching, and the opportunity
to talk to other people in the field of philosophy, I enjoy contributing
to philosophy literature. The non-idealistic view of success would
be getting tenure at a good establishment and making money! But for
me it is more of satisfying my intellectual curiosity.
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