Hmm first time poster long time listener. Sorry had to say that as this is my first post. Art to me is about the process of creating but so yes any form of creation is an artistic expression but at the same time the purpose of art is to convey an emotion or feeling. So I have to ask how does programming touch people? Yes it changes life and makes things easier for people and it enriches them but does it really make them aware of what they have been unaware of or in other words does it leave them with a feeling. Programming by nature is a tool used to develop other tools. The other question that I would like to put out there is who can really see the artful work of it. Do we put the source code in places so that it can be enjoyed? So do you spend time looking and really appreciating the code and learning how to read it to see the programmer behind the programming? No all we usually look at is how effective and efficient the code is. It is a cold dead language to me that expresses ideas and processes but how can it be alive it if does not express emotions to me. The real beauty is something behind the scenes of what is created. Seem to be rambling but that is fun sometimes too. Also would like to add sorry if this thread was started somewhere else had to get these thoughts out. So how does programming embody what it means to be alive and to live in this world. Does it do that by my previous statement that our world is becoming more stale and logical with the lose of feeling. I understand the moments of developing simplifying and optimizing to the point where you have to step back and wow did i do that and that makes it all so simple and elegant. But want emotions have been felt by other programmer's? For me it is mostly frustration (not knowing), insight(knowing), and exhilaration on completion(doing). But again art is in the eye of the beholder. So what one sees as pure truth and pure beauty to another is just a waste of time and energy. So the question in itself is subjective. Boy I love to dance with my logic traps some times. Well that is all for now.
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Hmm first time poster long time listener. Sorry had to say that as this is my first post. Art to me is about the process of creating but so yes any form of creation is an artistic expression but at the same time the purpose of art is to convey an emotion or feeling. So I have to ask how does programming touch people? Yes it changes life and makes things easier for people and it enriches them but does it really make them aware of what they have been unaware of or in other words does it leave them with a feeling. Programming by nature is a tool used to develop other tools. The other question that I would like to put out there is who can really see the artful work of it. Do we put the source code in places so that it can be enjoyed? So do you spend time looking and really appreciating the code and learning how to read it to see the programmer behind the programming? No all we usually look at is how effective and efficient the code is. It is a cold dead language to me that expresses ideas and processes but how can it be alive it if does not express emotions to me. The real beauty is something behind the scenes of what is created. Seem to be rambling but that is fun sometimes too. Also would like to add sorry if this thread was started somewhere else had to get these thoughts out. So how does programming embody what it means to be alive and to live in this world. Does it do that by my previous statement that our world is becoming more stale and logical with the lose of feeling. I understand the moments of developing simplifying and optimizing to the point where you have to step back and wow did i do that and that makes it all so simple and elegant. But want emotions have been felt by other programmer's? For me it is mostly frustration (not knowing), insight(knowing), and exhilaration on completion(doing). But again art is in the eye of the beholder. So what one sees as pure truth and pure beauty to another is just a waste of time and energy. So the question in itself is subjective. Boy I love to dance with my logic traps some times. Well that is all for now.