One of the excellent consequences of having BE Festival on site is the interesting people you meet. Last night I had an extended conversation with a neurobiologist. We discussed the potential for the arts to speak about science, we discussed some practical things we could do together see if we can encourage a strand of work in this field on a local level. I also pitched him the notion of our forthcoming show The Anatomy of Melancholy
“Yes!, what? maybe!” says the Artist to the (neuro)scientist. And then adds: “OK, you might have a story to tell…”
“I’d maybe like to. Well, I feel I should!, but,… you sure you want to hear my stories?
And then they went out for a date, and the canopy became richer.