Charles Snow brought forth the connection of the significance of two cultures, art and science. Snow delivered a lecture in 1959 at Cambridge university specifying the separation of art and science. This lecture was then turned into an article which shows his personal relationship with both of these cultures.
In this world there are left brain thinkers and right brain thinkers who tend to appeal more with either the arts, or science. Both groups of people are mostly polar in their ways of thought and views on life.
These two cultures are identifiable in everyday life by certain aspects. Here at UCLA you can see the difference in the two cultures by simply identifying their outfits. People who identify more with the arts tend to believe in expressing themselves and an easy way to do so is through fashion. You are more likely to see art centered people wear more designer clothing as opposed to people who appeal more to science who do not typically care about expression through fashion.
Examining the differences between these two cultures changes my thinking in the fact that both groups are equally as intelligent, but mere opposites in desires and views on life. It gives me a better understanding of the type of thinker I intend myself to be. The introduction off the third culture also opens my perspective in knowing that there are more than two general groups of thinkers.
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I agree that there are a lot of ways to distinguish people who lean towards arts versus people who lean towards sciences, but I do think there is more crossover than just the two groups. I know a lot of artists who do not care at all about what they wear and vice versa.
ReplyDeleteI do agree that often we are very polarized when we think about the arts vs. sciences, but I think in reality, those polarizations are a lot less exaggerated than we would expect. For instance, as someone who is in STEM and has a lot of STEM friends, I am surrounded by friends who love to express themselves through their fashion, hair, makeup, etc. On the other hand, I also do have a lot of friends who could wear the same sweatshirt for a week and does not care, simply because they have way too many hardcore physics tests that week. I think what is important for us is to open up our eyes to these similarities and differences between people, despite if they're an artist or scientist!
ReplyDeleteHello Daniel, I really agree with your observation of students expressing themselves on campus through the clothing in which they wear. This was something I also noticed and also implemented in my response, but I focused on their backpacks more than clothing. Although some people don’t really care what they look like and don’t care about expressing themselves, more artists tend to express themselves than scientists do through their attire. Well done! 10/10 percent!
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