Art And Physics Poem by Paul Hartal

What can be more different than these two?
After all, physics applies mathematics and
the exactitude of the scientific method,
based on observation, measurement and experiments;
whereas painting, or music for that matter,
concern themselves with subjective emotions,
using colors, forms, or sounds, for expression.

However, a more careful examination
of art and science reveals, that despite
their numerous specificities,
they share a great deal in common.
They both involve, for example, imagination,
creativity and language. As a matter of fact,
all the fundamental concepts of physics-
including extension, quantity, space, time,
matter and cosmos- are poetic metaphors.