Elite Scientists Dabble in the Arts
“The category is ‘Love,’ y’all.”
Guess what? Science only continues to prove what we already intuitively know and what Indigenous cultures have told us for centuries. (See also: Meditation, Manifesting)—
"Nationally recognized scientists are much more likely than other scientists to be musicians, sculptors, painters, printmakers, woodworkers, mechanics, electricians, tinkerers, glass-blowers, poets, or writers, of both fiction and non-fiction. And, again, Nobel laureates are far more likely still."
The best scientists are multidisciplinary humans, people.
Thing is, an eight-year-old could have told us that.
Where else do we see this?
In culinary arts—One of my favorite chefs makes food inspired by local ecosystems.
In architecture—Frank Lloyd Wright made homes out of waterfalls.
In music—Maggie Rogers made it big by mixing music and nature.
And that's just pulling a few Art + Ecology examples off the top of my head.
In other words, we see it everywhere. And research just keeps showing that innovation happens at the hands of the people who bend genre, dabble across disciplines, and mix meaning—even when everyone thinks them crazy for doing so.
Scientists and artists can only continue to benefit from doing the same.
