Thursday, October 16, 2014

Re: [Yasmin_discussions] the supernatural

You might as well ask whether there is a pseudo art element.
There is bound to be something of everything as in all tendencies. But this is an area rich with interest and ideas.
Best
Liliane Lijn

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> On 16 Oct 2014, at 21:59, Paul Fishwick <metaphorz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As one respondent to:
>
>> So I would ask the Yasmin list members -- is there a pseudo-science
>> element concealed within the Art-Science enterprise?
>
> I certainly hope not.
>
> There is a fine line between 1) enjoying myth and the supernatural in terms
> of telling stories and making art, and 2) treating the supernatural as forming
> our "reality" however one may define it. Joseph Campbell's work speaks to
> this - there are many wonderful stories but science draws the line with a art of
> ontological barrier: just because something is unknown doesn't mean that
> we have blank minds. In Campbell's approach to creation myths, they are
> wonderful regardless of "truth."
>
> Some thoughts to get the juices flowing.
> -p
>
> Paul Fishwick, PhD
> Chair, ACM SIGSIM
> Distinguished University Chair of Arts & Technology
> and Professor of Computer Science
> Director, Creative Automata Laboratory
> The University of Texas at Dallas
> Arts & Technology
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