Mathematical Poetry

Mathematical poetry is an artistic expression created by performing mathematical operations on words or images as if they were numbers. One may find this baffling because it seems we are confused about knowing the difference between the states of quality versus quantity. But it is through the fusion of this dichotomy that mathematical metaphor is spawned. Mathematics has always been used for denotation. However, our interest is to use math as a language for connotation.

Friday, May 29, 2009

Bridges 2009 Mathart show in Banff, Alberta

Here is a link showing all the great math art that will be part of this year’s Bridges Conference, “Mathematical connections in Art, Music and Science” The beautiful image I chose for this blog entry is Anita Chowdry’s “Illuminated Julia Dragon”.

4 comments:

Lion-ess said...: My poems are based on physics
Here is a sample... a poem about nature and the search to know its characteristics
Nature’s Covertness; Saturday, May 30, 2009 3:06:00 PM
Kaz Maslanka said...: Hi Lion-ess,
I think you are on the right path, asking the right questions and your heart is in the right place. -- You like books -- try "Where mathematics comes from" by George Lakoff and Rafael E. Nunez -- I think you will find it quite subversive to what you have been told in the past.

Goodluck,
Kaz; Saturday, May 30, 2009 4:14:00 PM
anandi said...: Hi Kaz,

Those are lovely. I wish I could be there but may be next time.
:-)

I would love to see the topics of papers by different people.
:); Sunday, May 31, 2009 10:55:00 PM
Kaz Maslanka said...: Hi Anand,
I am sure you could order the proceedings from:

http://bridgesmathart.org/bridges-galleries/art-exhibits/

or

http://members.cox.net/tessellations/index.html

Cheers,
Kaz; Sunday, May 31, 2009 11:28:00 PM