In my life I would say that the separation between art and science occurred during my high school/college years. Specifically, being forced to choose a major initially led me to choose Cognitive Science as my route, with me assuming that I would be able to make more money with a science degree in the future.



 This contention echoes the writings of CP Snow, who blamed the formatting of universities for this division (Lecture 1). 


What is also striking about how Snow' writing relates to my story is that I primarily chose science for economical purposes, and Snow addresses these same problems in his essay, writing how "Most of our fellow human beings, for instance, are underfed and die before their time" (Snow 1). 


Circumstances led to me leaving my first university and pursuing my passion for filmmaking full time. What really turned me off in the first place from science was the stress and rigidity when it came to having to choose the perfect, correct one answer on a test, instead of the interpretations of writing. More recently, I have been converting my films into NFTs, and I think this project falls in line with Vesna's vision of "Bridging and synthesizing many worlds while composing "something else"" (Vesna 124). I also resonated with Bohm's vision of creativity as a process of free-thinking and independence, where one goes on their journey "without following another, or setting up another as his authority" (Bohm 148). 



I think this is powerful when combined with the idea that you can exist outside of the two world dichotomy. In further echoing the ethos of combining the two worlds, I never considered the fact that one could engage in physical manipulation of matter in an artistic approach through biotechnology. I enjoyed Wilson's ethos of staying on top of scientific trends "long before developers or the art world declare them as available" (Wilson). 


Works Cited: 

CP Snow Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution

Vesna, V. Third Culture: Being in Between

Bohm, David. 'On Creativity.' 

Wilson, Stephen. 'Myths and Confusion in Thinking About Art/Science/Technology  

DESMA 9 Lecture 1

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