I have the flu right now...ugh! So now that I've got a little forced down time, I thought I'd give a quick update to those who have been following my work. My third book - Studio ICM - is doing well. Thanks to everyone who has helped make it a success. I do appreciate your support.

In between freezing things in ice sheets, and promoting my book, I've been busy preparing for an upcoming talk as part of a series this April at Tryon Painters and Sculptors, Tryon, NC. The working title of my talk is 'Art and Science.....different, complimentary, or the same?'. The intersections between science and art are intriguing. The relationship between these disciplines is something I have been wanting to formally explore for a long time and my research is leading me in many directions I had not really considered up until now.

So far, I've discovered that the whole topic is quite circular - science requiring art to complete its acceptance by people, art requiring science to maximize its impact, then back again to science as the mechanism of delivery of art to humanity. The research has been totally enjoyable, but on some days, I just need to take a time out because things get so blurred that I no longer know if I am approaching the challenge from the viewpoint of scientist or artist. The whole topic is just mind-blowing!

Along this journalistic journey, I've learned a lot of things. In my talk, I'm going to weave together how the artistic visions for the ancient Egyptian pyramids forced the beginnings of science as we understand it today. I am going to get into delivery mechanisms for art through inventions such as the printing press, telephone, telegraph, radio, television, and the internet and how these basic scientific endeavors in turn impacted the evolution of many art forms and trends.

I also discovered some linkages between Isacc Newton, one of the most famous and impactful scientists of all time, and how some of his discoveries were exploited by the famous Dutch master artists that also lived during his lifetime. From there, I have found some pre-historic linkages between cave art and auto enthusiast, Jeremy Clarkson that are going to be a lot of fun along with a retrospective on the rock band, Dire Straits, and their unique blend of mathematics and music. I even have Sheldon Cooper from the TV show 'The Big Bang Theory' tucked into the presentation because his gang represents the epitome of how pure scientists perceive art.

Believe it or not, even the Greek philosophers were enmeshed in art and I'll reveal their linkages and impact on art in the talk. We'll also be exploring mathematical art forms, automobile design, and what is ahead for science as art progresses. Also, I'll explore the impact that the evolution of artificial intelligence and quantum mechanics is going to have on art. I really do hope I live long enough to experience quantum mechanics art - it is going to be simply awesome!

If you are local to western NC, I hope you can join me for the April talk at TPS. At the end of my presentation, I have a lot of questions for the audience that I am sure will generate a lot of rich discussion. I'll be sending out specific times and dates for the TPS event in the near future. If you are in another area of the US or reside in the EU or down under, I am going to be workshopping this talk for Zoom presentations after the TPS show. If I don't see you at TPS, we'll have opportunities to link up to talk art on that science thing called the internet later this year.

Thanks,

David Day