The Palette of Science

Facing a blank canvas, an artist cannot fully anticipate the completed work. What colors will compose the painting? What technique? Similarly, a scientist beginning a basic research project may have an idea, a hunch. But where will the adventure lead? To what discoveries? There is no way of knowing.

  The scientist and the artist both attempt to step outside convention, to embark on a voyage uniquely their own. Their creativity leaves its mark on all of us. Our culture absorbs their triumphs and flourishes on their ideas.

  Whether it be to better understand ourselves – how our bodies function, how our feelings and thoughts come to be – or to impart a new interpretation of the world, both the artist and the scientist epitomize the human spirit's yearning for greater insight and a better day.