"And is it not sufficient for the art to provide an experience for the
artist alone?"
It is for the artist. There is another answer but it doesn't belong
on a family list. :)
It isn't a title. Art is communication. Is there an art to
engineering? Sure. As TEI points out though, it is in making the
choices well regardless of the science.
len
Quoting Pete Cordell <>:
> Original Message From: <>
>
>> The invisible art is not art. It is glue and paint artfully
>> applied. The art is in the ability to provide an experience. To
>> think otherwise is to understand neither.
>
> Probably OT, but:
>
> I thought art was art because an artist said it was art. And we
> know someone is an artist because they say they're an artist.
>
> And is it not sufficient for the art to provide an experience for
> the artist alone?
>
> Either way, I think Michael is quite at liberty to call himself an
> artist, and call what he creates is art. His art is seen.
>
> Pete Cordell
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> Original Message From: <>
> To: "Tom De Herdt" <>
> Cc: <>
> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 1:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Engineering versus Science, Anecdote versus
> Evidence ... [Was: Designing an experiment to gather evidence on
> approaches to designing web services]
>
>
>> The invisible art is not art. It is glue and paint artfully
>> applied. The art is in the ability to provide an experience. To
>> think otherwise is to understand neither.
>>
>> len
>>
>> Quoting Tom De Herdt <>:
>>
>>>> Indeed. Like the fine carvings in inaccessible places in a
>>>> cathedral, invisible to everyone but the creator and the Creator.
>>>
>>> Thank you for this fine image.
>>>
>>> Probably out of context, but I couldn't help but think of words
>>> attributed to Heraclitus, the Greek philosopher, 5th century BC:
>>> "invisible harmony is superior to the visible"
>>>
>>> Although both forms of harmony (or elegance) are probably
>>> important, in different ways.
>>>
>>> Tom De Herdt
>>> http://www.wulfila.be
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Kay
>>> To:
>>> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 9:16 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Engineering versus Science, Anecdote versus
>>> Evidence ... [Was: Designing an experiment to gather evidence on
>>> approaches to designing web services]
>>>
>>>
>>> On 30/12/2011 01:41, David Lee wrote:
>>>> IMHO the art of software is often invisible to nearly everyone
>>>> but the creator.
>>>
>>> Indeed. Like the fine carvings in inaccessible places in a cathedral,
>>> invisible to everyone but the creator and the Creator.
>>>
>>> I take great delight in the internal poetry of code: making the source
>>> look good on the screen, eloquence in the choice of names, choosing the
>>> elegant design over the banal and obvious one. A joy of working for
>>> myself is that I don't have to try and rationalize why I do this; a joy
>>> of writing open source is that the enjoyment can be shared by others.
>>> This is definitely art rather than engineering, but I like to think that
>>> the pride in craftsmanship has beneficial side effects on the
>>> engineering metrics of the final artefact.
>>>
>>> But all this is an indulgence; it doesn't pay the wages. It's what a
>>> good craftsman does, but not what he is paid to do. The day job is
>>> engineering.
>>>
>>> There is also art, of course, in what is exposed to users: the external
>>> visual design. But that's a different question, and one where I have
>>> very little competence.
>>>
>>> Michael Kay
>>> Saxonica
>>>
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