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The Meeting Place (Science/Fashion/Poetry
and Water)
The basic premise of “The Meeting Combining two Greek words,
Place”, delivered at The Tributaries “colour” and “write,”
Project Seminar (May 24) is chromatography implies “writing
captured in a citation from Dickson with colour,” and suggests how
Adom: that “science and art are but humans communicate detailed
sides of the same coin, academic messages, unconsciously, through
siblings of the same parents who colour. Fashion takes this principle
share and learn from each other. further, adding form and texture to
Excellent artists are scientists and the mix. Nehemiah showed how
erudite scientists are artists.” As a famous fashion designers mimic
scientist, Nehemiah’s interest lay in astonishing nature (e.g. butterflies),
water samples which were collected with forms, textures and colours to
at the Swartkops Estuary, and then communicate subtle messages
dried and prepared for analysis about nature and beauty. He adds
through ICP of their heavy metal that humans best mimic what
content (ug/g). Science begins to science shows via chromatography,
overlap with art in the use of and fashion shows via form,
chromatography to demonstrate through poetry. Taking this
the colourability of heavy metals. “meeting place” to heart, he coined
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