On my podcast today was this quote from Albert Einstein: "The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives."
It got me to thinking about the sunrise that I'd just photographed and how I see it. The 25 years that I spent working and training as a scientist means that I see a star around which we orbit. I see red and orange colours caused by light scattering through the atmosphere. I see clouds and trees and I know something of how they work. I'll never lose my drive to understand the world around us - the same fascination I've had since I was old enough to ask questions. In this respect I shall remain a child with a child's curiosity.
In this quote Einstein brings art and science together as "truth and beauty" and they aren't mutually exclusive. As an artist I simultaneously see the sunrise from an aesthetic viewpoint - possibly with a different side of my brain - and surely none of us should be afraid to appreciate things on every available level.
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Stunning....especially the picture with the sea on the horizon. I'm almost willing the sun to come up.
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