SC - re: art vs. science

[Ian van Tets]

Hello the list!

Herewith my 2 groats' worth on the art/science debate:  I personally 
think everything (including metallurgy, the example that was given) 
is both an art and a science.  Science is technically a philosophy of 
research, and as such we use it to research what we do and how to do 
it.  When we have absorbed that to the point where it becomes 
instinct, to my mind then it becomes an art.  So when a wrought-iron 
worker (iron-wreaker??) researches directions and follows them 
religiously, I see it as using the scientific side of his craft.  
When he is familiar enough with his craft to be able to devise his 
own techniques and patterns, surely then he is at least as much an 
artist as any calligrapher (who also has to go through the same 
research and absorption techniques).

You don't have to agree with this;  it's merely my viewpoint.  But I 
agree with Master A that it's probably best to call them crafts.

Cairistiona
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