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Composers as Gardeners (2011)
- earleybird 5y agoFirst thought that came to mind - "Chance the Gardener"[0] Shortly followed by Frank Zappa and his bicycle[1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_There https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_There [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9P2V0_p6vE&t=50s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9P2V0_p6vE&t=50s
- dang 5y agoA couple past submissions: Brian Eno: Composers as Gardeners - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14288339 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14288339 - May 2017 (35 comments) Composers As Gardeners - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3225675 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3225675 - Nov 2011 (1 comment)
- lioeters 5y agoIt's a lovely way to think about artistic creation, including music. The title says it all, but I enjoyed listening to Brian Eno, his mention of cellular automata, and how he considers the Gardens of Versailles as an ultimate expression of anti-nature, asserting complete human control. It made me wonder how this may apply to software, where we consider ourselves "engineers" and "architects". Can production-worthy software systems be developed by "gardeners"? Did Linus Torvalds architect his operating system, or grow it?
- mbrock 5y agoChristopher Alexander's work, see for example "The Timeless Way of Building", affirms that genuinely good architecture must also be a kind of gardening.