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Joel Greifinger · December 1st, 2010, 07:38 PM

Hi Yaser and Pierre,

I also found both A Perfect Red and The Root of Wild Madder enlightening and entertaining. While I wouldn't class Koekboya as a similarly "good read", I nonetheless found that working through Bohmer's text enhanced my understanding of my own reactions to color in textiles and more generally. I didn't at all feel as though I was traveling through a "dry life-less scientific colorless desert." Good science writing, like all good writing, deepens our perception of the world.

I don't find the dichotomy between "human experience" and "scientific facts" too useful, since the study of human experience can yield scientific facts and the practice of science (both formal and informal) is a quintessential human experience.

Joel Greifinger

December 1st, 2010, 07:38 PM	#3
Joel Greifinger Administrator Join Date: May 2008 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 159	Hi Yaser and Pierre, I also found both A Perfect Red and The Root of Wild Madder enlightening and entertaining. While I wouldn't class Koekboya as a similarly "good read", I nonetheless found that working through Bohmer's text enhanced my understanding of my own reactions to color in textiles and more generally. I didn't at all feel as though I was traveling through a "dry life-less scientific colorless desert." Good science writing, like all good writing, deepens our perception of the world. I don't find the dichotomy between "human experience" and "scientific facts" too useful, since the study of human experience can yield scientific facts and the practice of science (both formal and informal) is a quintessential human experience. Joel Greifinger Last edited by Joel Greifinger; December 2nd, 2010 at 02:35 AM.