It is clear to all, after a moments thought, that nature has much we might be inspired by when designing our systems, for example: robustness, adaptability and complexity, to name a few. The implementation of bioinspired systems in hardware has however been limited, and more often than not been more a matter of artistry than engineering. The reasons for this are many, but one of the main proble...

The language concerning traditional arts and crafts is increasingly applied in modern fashion designing, which has become the important design ideas by focusing on traditions. By elaborating recognition of crafts, its diversified emerges including classification s, materials, production methods, methods diversity themes, author discusses creative application combining artistry. explaining cultu...

The ankle is an important joint to understand in the context of dance because it is the connection between the leg and the foot that establishes lower extremity stability. Its function coordinates with the leg and foot and, thus, it is crucial to the dancer's ability to perform. Furthermore, the ankle is one of the most commonly injured body regions in dance. An understanding of ankle anatomy a...

In her paper Reconstructing Nursing: Evidence, Artistry and the Curriculum, Marks-Maran (1999) attempted to outline a new postmodern paradigm for nursing. Whilst I fully support this timely discussion of new insights into nursing theory and practice, Marks-Maran unfortunately presents a very idiosyncratic version of postmodernism which is both simplistic and, at times; inaccurate. My main conce...

Katherine Mansfield, remembered as one of the finest writers of English short stories, enjoys enduring fame and a somewhat awesome literary status with her short stories, Miss Brill as one of her representative pieces. The interest of our Chinese critics, in general, locates more in the modernist techniques and devices she employs to present the inner world of the characters in her stories, tha...

Joseph Straus’s The Art of Post-Tonal Analysis is the apotheosis his decades-long work in post-tonal theory, and serves as an apt analytical companion to seminal textbook, Introduction Theory (4th ed. 2016). Straus displays mastery artistry throughout. monograph consists thirty-three graphic music analyses intuitively laid out, with a pioneering use colour for further clarity, complete slick vi...

We propose an environment that allows users to create music by leveraging playful visualization and organic interaction. Our attempt to improve ideas drawn from traditional sequencer paradigm has been made in terms of extemporizing music and associating with visualization in real-time. In order to offer different user experience and musical possibility, this system incorporates many techniques,...

Purpose – To elucidate the relationship between science and the arts in Gregory Bateson’s thinking, from the viewpoint of an artist-musician and student of Bateson. Design/methodology/approach – Synthesis. Findings – One theme that pervaded Gregory Bateson’s lifelong contribution was the rich and complex interface between art and science. Artistry (which may occur in either the arts or the scie...

Increased care worker knowledge has been emphasized for improving quality of care for older persons in organized elder care in Sweden. However, care workers and national policies are not always corresponding, with observations suggesting that care workers emphasize tacit knowledge. The aim of this article is to explore the nature of this kind of knowledge and how it can be identified and descri...