(Jim Hock) This evening my wife and I had the great pleasure of going to a reception for the renowned artist Jon Friedman, who just happens to be the son of our amazing 95-year old neighbor Gertrude Friedman. Jon was honored tonight for a mural done in his Arlington, VA high school in the 60s memorializing former President Kennedy. His work is simply amazing and his portraits dazzle, those of former NIH Director Harold Varmus and many others. One that particularly struck me -- It was a portrait (which Jon makes look like photographs) of Harold Goldstine, who was one of the inventors of the first ENIAC computer during World War II. Here's Jon's take on the photo:
"I wanted to find a way to make the mental life of the mathmatician part of the portrait. I asked Herman to lend me some of his original working notebooks. I photographed various pages from the notebooks, projected the images onto the frame, and incised Herman's scribbled notations and equations into the surface with an engraving tool before finishing the whole gold leaf."
Even the frame itself captures the man and his devotion to discovery. Looking at these photos made me think a lot tonight of the connection of art and science (as Jon's father was one of America's pioneering rocket scientists). The precision with which both work on these supposed right brain and left brain disciplines underscore the need to support math and science education and as important, the arts. Check out his website.
Computer Technology and its Early Impact on American Society
Computers, perhaps, are the most important innovation in the history of the world
to date. Without modern computers today, the world would not be able to function in the
manner of which people today are accustomed. Americans take for granted their ability to
go to a machine to withdraw cash, scan large amounts of groceries through a barcode
scanner, or type a report on a word processor. It is computers that make these tasks,
which most Americans take for granted, possible
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Posted by: Haidy | May 28, 2012 at 10:51 AM
Thanks John for adding my blog to your list, it's an honor. My frnied and I met you at the San Francisco Wondercon and since then we've been following your blog, in search for inspiration. Your artwork is very inspirational and you are a wonderful person. Your Bits and Pieces sketchbook and Patrick Morgan's Sketchbook are among my most precious possesions. It was a pleasure meeting you in San Francisco and I'm looking forward to meeting you again, hopefully at the San Diego ComicCon. My wife bought Patrick morgan's Whaleboy shirt and she can't wait to buy the Whaleboy toy.Cheers!
Posted by: Thales | May 30, 2012 at 09:40 PM
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