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In reply to the discussion: Pray Tell: The Hocus Pocus of Happy Thoughts [View all]okasha
(11,573 posts)39. The laws of optics may apply to how one observes a painting,
but a complete understanding of physics will not make anyone a painter. The difference between Renoir and Kincaid has nothing to do with how light is reflected off pigment particles suspended in a binder, but everything to do with emotional and artistic perception. If physics ruled such things, they could be taught. They can't be.
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I don't view music as physics even though I have a rudimentary understanding of acoustic waves.
rug
Sep 2014
#31
I'm sure that is very insulting somehow, as dialog and discourse it is not working.
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2014
#42