The article “Art as a Way of Knowing” is about a conference that took place to discuss the topic of inquiry through art. The conference was about how art can be used to teach many topics, and to create interest in many subjects. The way art does this is by forcing the student to interact with the world. Art is visual, auditory and emotional, all things that require being involved with the environment and space. Art is also very personal, and personal learning and the best and most effective type.

The second article we read, “The Art of the Brain”, asks the important question, “is there art in the science?” The article discusses the possible differences between the two fields of science and art. Hypothesis one was about the motive behind the image. Artists create images so that they can create art, scientists create images to convey scientific knowledge. But in reality, they both create images that give over a lesson to the viewer. Hypothesis two is that science is regulated and methodical, and art is not. But this also is untrue, because artists use methods to create things. They may not be as regulated as those of scientists, but there are methods nonetheless. The third hypothesis is that art promotes complexity and depth, while science just gives answer and simplifies things. But this hypothesis is the easiest to discount. Science discovers new complexities, and with each discovery comes new things to discover and research.

The fourth hypothesis is the most interesting, and made me think the most about the relationship between science and art. The thought is that science has objective rights and wrongs, while art is subjective, and opinion based. There was no real conclusion to this hypothesis, but I liked thinking about it the most. Firstly, things are definitely proven wrong in science, just not necessarily within a time span that we expect. Though there is a right or wrong in science that is easier to classify in science, with time and new discovery, those rights and wrong change. People like to think art has no rights or wrong, but there are art critics, and art schools with grades, and boards for museums that determine what can be shown and what is considered art. It may not be as easy to categorize, but there are definite standards for art. Looking at these four hypotheses, the difference between art and science, and what we can learn from them, becomes more shadowed and nuanced.