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12 Feb 2017, 3:41 am

I've been obsessed with the Aesthetic VS Technical schism for my whole life. It's such an annoying but fascinating thing. It can be applied to EVERYTHING, and ALL FAUCETS Of life. Some examples:

1. Artist VS Programmer
2. International Architecture VS Rococo Architecture
3. Industry VS Retail
4. Personality Types: Careful, Planned, and Efficient VS Impulsive, Beautiful, and Artistic

So basically what are you most attracted to? The efficiency and technicality of something or the beauty and emotional response derived from it?



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12 Feb 2017, 5:03 am

I'm inclined at both, and less at neither. I'm not good with ones that isn't mainly aesthetic, technical or both. :|

If anything, I'm a producer and almost never the manager.


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13 Feb 2017, 2:05 am

You would probably like to read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert Persig. He has a lot to say on your topic. The sequel, "Lila," is another dandy. He does it so well, I won't attempt a synopsis.



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13 Feb 2017, 5:38 am

I've studied both art and computer science at college at different points in my life. I'm terrible at maths and great at language. I've worked in IT for 20 years (programmer, tester, ASIC technician) but hate messing with computers at home and would rather visit an art gallery or read a book.


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13 Feb 2017, 10:17 am

Dear_one wrote:
You would probably like to read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert Persig. He has a lot to say on your topic. The sequel, "Lila," is another dandy. He does it so well, I won't attempt a synopsis.


I would have to toss in my two cents on this one, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was one of my favorite books to read. Now that I think about it, I need to pick up another copy myself.


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13 Feb 2017, 11:44 am

I like both equally. After all, beauty and harmony can be predicted and generated by many kinds of software. It's math too. It shows logical capacities hidden behind our feelings. It's their reason to be.



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14 Feb 2017, 12:32 am

Dear_one wrote:
You would probably like to read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert Persig. He has a lot to say on your topic. The sequel, "Lila," is another dandy. He does it so well, I won't attempt a synopsis.


I liked that book very much. It did worsen this divide and widened it to the point where I have to actually put work into trying to understand the relationship between the two haha. It's still amazing and brought to my attention the underlying communication between the two worlds of perspective we seem to have.



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14 Feb 2017, 12:41 am

OK, that's two fellow readers of Zen and the Art, but none for "Lila" which is five times the book - basically the collected answers to all the letters Persig got about "Zen." I tried to live by the first book, but needed the second to round things out.
BTW - for all you struggling artists, the fifth section of "Zen" was written in a pickup camper to reduce distractions. Then the manuscript was turned down by 119 publishers. I don't think I'd have sent the story of how I was wrongly called insane to the 101st - probably not even the twenty-first.



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14 Feb 2017, 6:07 am

I believe both can one and the same. There's a beauty in functional things. There's a beauty in seeing complex structures and knowing that each intricate component serves a practical purpose.

One example of this is the Lloyd's building in London.

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Another example is the intricate Walschaerts valve gear that can be seen on a steam locomotive.

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