Draft for: ISA Research Committee on Biography and Society.
The author analyses several theories about science and arts converging in a new point of view. Also talks about the functions of storytelling.
He starts his work with these phrases:
'Art and science have a common thread - both are fuelled by creativity. Whether writing a paper based on my data or filling a canvas with paint, both processes tell a story' (Taylor 2001)
'Science and art are complementary expressions of the same collective subconscious of society' (Morton 1997:1
