Teh Maths!

Generally I, like most art students(hehehe), have something of a phobia towards math. I've certainly taken math courses through my high school and some of my college career. However, I've never felt any fondness for math. Watching Benning on Monday, I felt something I haven't really felt before towards math. Interest. He explained the basics, gave great definitions, extrapolated out from them, hinted at the wider world of higher math. It was truly fascinating how he chose to present his demonstration. He also didn't spend too much time cramming his opinions on how math and art can be paired, how our art can be improved by math. Small comments of his, such as how he thought certain formulas and proofs were elegant and beautiful did more than any direct pointing out of how such and such a theorem applies to one of Bram's pieces ever could