Arwin,
I ask you, if you have reached the conclusion that the human being can be
explained in terms of electrochemistry, why do you even bother about Art?
Now, if you could send me the molecular formula for something much simpler
than a human being --  for a 1971 Auslese from the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer region,
say-- why, then, I'd admit to being wrong about this question, which will be
of great importance for the 21st century, go and make me a few hundred
bottles of that Riesling, and revert to a life of atavistic hedonism.
Tim Romano
P.S. Indulging the olfactory sense will just be for starters.
 
 
Arwin van Arum wrote:
 
[....] From reading newspaper and scientific articles, I have
> a pretty good picture of how the human brian works - reason, emotion,
> memory, primitive systems, neurotransmittors, outer layers, etc. - which
> really helps in understanding every aspect of the human condition,
including
> art. Psychology and biology should therefore be a fundamental aspect of
> scholarly training in the humanities (or, better, before, starting in
> primary and secondary education).  [...]
>
>