We also saw slides of the art and ritual associated with the Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Tantric tradition. Through slides and recordings he interwove history, Christian teachings and the artistic process. Since there are no historical records of the real images, the side by side viewing of their imagined images vividly depicted the remarkable similarities and differences that stemmed not just from the different faith perspectives, but also from different cultural and temporal perspectives. The poet and scientist both need artifact in front of them. It does something to them both.
Abstraction is the work of the human mind.
In us, evolution moves into its dreaming phase. Art, science and spirituality were successfully interwoven each morning by the conference chaplain and other conference co-chair, cell biologist and Presbyterian choir member Ursula Goodenough. There was a veritable banquet of workshops. Scientific and Christian Religious Perspectives On Our Origins also featured a generous number of IRAS members. The Institute on Religion in an Age of Science, Inc.