Week 34

Yesterday I attended a lecture by Martin Richardson, Professor of Modern Holography, part of the DMU Professional Lecture Series 2009, entitled ‘The Science and Art of Holograms’. Although his work was very interesting and the holograms very impressive I was mainly struck by what he actually had to say. He expressed the opinion that the barriers put up between art and science were artificial. All good artists and all good scientists have the same thing in common – the pursuit of truth.
As a child I was always interested in art and science and wished to pursue both, but at school, once I reached A levels, I was forced to choose one over the other as I could not study both. I choose art, went to art school and the rest is history (or not). I became a graphic designer and now develop distance learning materials for Health and Life Sciences.
I wanted to be an artist and a scientist but I am neither, I am a work in progress.