Initially believed that there was  not that great of a distinction between science and art. In science you are required to constantly grind away at learning new concepts and you have to apply numerous topics together in order to execute experiments. In contrast, someone could make art without previous knowledge or extensively learning and create a masterpiece just by drawing their observations.

The first article “Art as a Way of Knowing” by Marina McDougall spoke of art being an approach that involves not only intensive cognition and inquiry, but also connects the natural and mental world through art. Art is about observation and application, which is very similar to science.

The second article “The Art of the Brain” by Ashley Taylor, pointed out that in science art plays a role in explaining and simplifying. For example, art is used for explaining the human anatomy and art is used to explain numerous concepts in physics that deal with electromagnetic fields.

While reading these articles, I thought of people who were able to incorporated art and science into their lives. The first person to pop up in my mind was polymath Leonardo Da Vinci. He was a fantastic artist, but also applied his artistic creativity to scientific concepts for human anatomy and engineering.

Ultimately, I believe that art and science are different approaches, but these approaches do intertwine such that you may find art in science and science in art.