The Artist in the Scientist

the artist in the scientist "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." Intention: A blog to explore science, art, and their many intersections by both sharing existing content and creating original work Reality: A shameless sounding board and respite for a multipassionate twentysomething just trying to make some sense out of it all

[noc10-moved]

*parts a bead curtain as i enter the room, carrying a glass of lemonade* 

hey….

nothing you ever read, watch, or participate in will be ideologically pure and without its problems. your quest to consume the most unproblematic material will be, in the end, fruitless. your enjoyment of anything will be sapped away, leaving you a husk starved for media.

 it is okay to enjoy things that have problems to them, so long as you do it critically and with an open mind, and take care to consider others.

*leaves the way i came*

[more-witches]

This is possibly the healthiest post I’ve seen on this site

[artistinthescientist]

What I feel but couldn’t put into words...thank you, lemonade-carrying person behind the bead curtain! 

[artistinthescientist]

Questival in good ol' Boston. Think adventure meets scavenger hunt meets amazing race? Excuse to explore a city, do crazy and out-of-comfort zone and also kind things, and get a sweet bag out of it!

[mapsontheweb]

New Jersey: The Only Disliked State.

YouGov recently asked Americans whether they thought of each U.S. state favorably or unfavorably, and the Garden State was the only one to collect more “unfavorable” than “favorable” responses (40 percent unfavorable to 30 percent favorable, for a “net favorability” rating of negative 10 percent). Here’s YouGov’s map of the net favorability reading for each state.

More maps of New Jersey >>

[cultural-antifascism-deactivate]

yeah fuck NJ

[atmiger224]

If you hate NJ, you’ve been going to the wrong places in this state 

[artistinthescientist]

YO, I WILL WEAR THIS LIKE A BADGE OF HONOR. NEED SOMEWHERE TO TRASH TO FEEL BETTER ABOUT YOURSELF??? K, HAPPY TO OBLIGE

[explore-blog]

A mighty illustrated manifesto for creative resilience and the artist’s task in dark times by artist Wendy MacNaughton and writer Courtney Martin. 

Free limited-edition signed letterpress prints are available at select locations around the country and proceeds from online print sales go to Hedgebrook, the wonderful writing residency for women. All details here. 

[roachpatrol]

ultimately i think kindness is the most radical thing you can do with your pain and your anger. it’s like, you take everything awful that’s ever been done to you, and you throw it back in the world’s teeth, and you say no, fuck you, i’m not going to take this.  you say this is unacceptable. you say that shit stops with me.

humans are fucking terrible and this awful world we live in will fucking kill you but if you are kind, if you are brave and clever and try really hard, you can defy it. you can impose on this bleak and monstrous structure something beautiful. even if it’s temporary. even if it doesn’t heal anything inside you that’s been hurt.  

i’m gonna sleep and i’m gonna wake up and i swear by everything in this deadly horrible universe i’m gonna make someone happy. 

[roachpatrol]

i’ve seen a number of comments and tags where people feel that they must swallow or repress their anger in order to engage in kindness. that is not at all what i am recommending here. radical kindness is an expression of anger. it is not passive. it is not repressive. it does not require you, in any way, to forgive those that have fucked you up. it does not require you to be quiet. 

it just requires that you be kind. viciously. vengefully. you fight back. you plant flowers. give to charity. play games. pet someone’s dog. scream into the dark. paint and write and dance, tell jokes, sing songs, bake cookies. you have been hurt and you don’t have to deny that hurt. you just have to recognize it in other people, and take their hand, and say: no more. enough. fuck this. no more. 

have a cookie.

i will say this again: we are all going to die. the universe is enormous and almost entirely empty. to be kind to each other is the most incredible act of defiance against the dark that i can imagine. 

[naamahdarling]

i will say this again: we are all going to die. the universe is enormous and almost entirely empty. to be kind to each other is the most incredible act of defiance against the dark that i can imagine.

[rainydayshea]

Do no harm but take no shit

[md-admissions]

Do no harm but take no shit is my modified Hippocratic Oath/life motto

[doctorkintsugi]

DO NO HARM BUT TAKE NO SHIT

[likelyhealthy]

Powerful quote - we are all deserving of validation, respect, and liberation regardless of our size or health status.

[artistinthescientist]

Also came across this excellent post and not to mention BMI is BS. Size and health status are not equivalent- it’s something I also need to remind myself. And even if they were, I will repeat for the people in the back: we are all deserving of love and respect. 

[7bottles]

i want to live by the ocean but also in the forest but also in the mountains but also in a big city but also in the countryside u feel me

[atmiger224]

Come to NJ

[artistinthescientist]

!!! BABE. YESS. 

[kevinpdevine]

Happy May Day, brothers and sisters.

Feeling more and more prone to circumspection (which is maybe itself a hallmark of privilege, so down the wormhole I go) as the world gets weirder, and less willing to add to the cacophony via social media, which increasingly feels to me more and more like a pretty two-dimensional mutually-agreed-upon lifestyle performance to which we all just kinda shrugged our agreement, and basically redefined how activism/taste/family/leisure/work/love/etc are “supposed” to look in public, and, well, that feels weird to me, BUT!:

Most of us (really nearly all of us if we’re being honest) are workers (strugglers, even!) or come from workers, or love workers, or are loved by workers, and so an international day of celebrating that as a people, and advocating for better, more equitable treatment for each other as such, seems like something worth acknowledging in public.

So, happy May Day. I’ve got your back f you’ve got mine. Even if you don’t, actually!

#mayday2017 #mayday (at Union Square Park)

[artistinthescientist]

YEP, SAME. Read this first on Insta this AM and as KD edited in: “(and yes, I'm totally complicit, and I'm working on it)” 

[positivedoodles]

[drawing of a small green plant in an orange pot next to a caption that says “Just because you feel unmotivated sometimes doesn’t mean you’re not good at what you do. It doesn’t mean you should quit. It’s normal to feel that way every now and then. You’re great at what you do and you can become even better. You got this.” in light green text.]

[artistinthescientist]

Who couldn't use a motivational little green plant this Spring? I know I could!

[eelhound]

We’ve been wrong about what our job is in medicine. We think our job is to ensure health and survival. But really it is larger than that. It is to enable well-being. And well-being is about the reasons one wishes to be alive. Those reasons matter not just at the end of life, or when debility comes, but all along the way. Whenever serious sickness or injury strikes and your body or mind breaks down, the vital questions are the same: What is your understanding of the situation and its potential outcomes? What are your fears and what are your hopes? What are the trade-offs you are willing to make and not willing to make? And what is the course of action that best serves this understanding?… If to be human is to be limited, then the role of caring professions and institutions — from surgeons to nursing homes — ought to be aiding people in their struggle with those limits. Sometimes we can offer a cure, sometimes only a salve, sometimes not even that. But whatever we can offer, our interventions, and the risks and sacrifices they entail, are justified only if they serve the larger aims of a person’s life.

Atul Gawande, a second-generation surgeon, from Being Mortal (via eelhound)

[hownottoloseyourmind]

How has art helped you with your mental health?

Please reply or reblog with your answers! Please be specific, e.g.:

“I struggle with excessive anxiety and looking at Monet paintings calms me when I’m close to panic.”

“Last time I was depressed, reading The Expanse series brought me comfort.”

“I’ve experienced psychosis before, and during those times reading poetry by Maya Angelou has helped me organize my thoughts and distract me from voices.”

Please don’t answer unless you’re okay with me anonymously sharing your answers with my bosses who I’m hoping will let me do this project, or with people with money that I hope will donate for it.

Please reblog this post so I can get enough responses!

[wayfaringmd]

When I am depressed and anxious, coloring in adult coloring books calms my busy brain and helps me focus on the current moment rather than all my worries. 

[artistinthescientist]

When I am feeling overwhelmed/ anxious, I write out and work through my thoughts as poetry/ spoken word/ stream of consciousness. It not only helps me see the moment clearly but creating something shifts me from inaction to action.  When I am emotional / depressed, I listen to music (particularly alternative/indie/punk rock): it is lyrically, vocally, musically cathartic and I feel less alone, even briefly thankful for the emotions because it helped me find and understand some beautiful art. 

[ethan]

[artistinthescientist]

friend: so what did you do last week?

me: stress

[smartgirlsattheparty]

[artistinthescientist]

Yoda: Do or do not, there is no try

Me: K, I won't then

Yoda: ???? The point, that's no--

Me: Baiiii

[skygenders]

Fox news just @ me next time

[violeteyedmedium]

Reblog if you are an alpha woman who are unable to love, you support alpha women who are unable to love, or you just laughed really hard at the article title

[magicinhermadness]

I have a name and they can use it but go off I guess

[md-admissions]

I guess someone’s heard about me haha

[artistinthescientist]

Bahahaha since when did my parents start writing their opinions about me for Fox News???

[tomhiddlestons-deactivated20191]

Screw writing “strong” women.  Write interesting women.  Write well-rounded women.  Write complicated women.  Write a woman who kicks ass, write a woman who cowers in a corner.  Write a woman who’s desperate for a husband.  Write a woman who doesn’t need a man.  Write women who cry, women who rant, women who are shy, women who don’t take no shit, women who need validation and women who don’t care what anybody thinks. [..]  Women shouldn’t be valued because we are strong, or kick-ass, but because we are people.  So don’t focus on writing characters who are strong.  Write characters who are people. (x)