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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.80,0:00:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will hear me use the word abstract a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.80,0:00:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so i thought i would actually give you an attempt at a definition,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.62,0:00:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe even more important
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.27,0:00:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an intuition of what abstract means
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.80,0:00:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and abstract can be an adjective
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.07,0:00:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can have an abstract idea
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.27,0:00:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can have abstract art
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.27,0:00:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or it can be a verb
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.60,0:00:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can abstract something
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.20,0:00:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,abstract the idea from some other idea
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.07,0:00:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can even have it as a noun
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.84,0:00:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can have an abstract
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.47,0:00:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it tends to, if you use it as a noun
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.25,0:00:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the one I tend to associate
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.57,0:00:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the abstract of research paper, which is kind of,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.20,0:00:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,distills the essence of the research paper,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.13,0:00:38.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is kind of a summary of that paper
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.73,0:00:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the one thing you are going to see
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.20,0:00:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of how you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.40,0:00:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what context you use the word abstract
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.47,0:00:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's this kind of notion taking the essence
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.80,0:00:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a real world object
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.20,0:00:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether you use it as a noun, adjective, or a verb
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.23,0:00:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so over here we have our real world
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.07,0:00:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have our real world
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.38,0:01:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\Nand then over here you have your world of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.41,0:01:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have ideas and concepts
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.27,0:01:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the general idea behind the abstraction
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.40,0:01:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or abstracting something
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.73,0:01:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that you're taking it away
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.93,0:01:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the particular concrete real world
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.47,0:01:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're going more into the direction of ideas and concepts
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.87,0:01:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and probably for me, one of the most tangible ways of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.27,0:01:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking about abstraction, which is kind of a contradiction in itself
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.73,0:01:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think of abstraction in a tangible way
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.40,0:01:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is things like geometric shapes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.71,0:01:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so if i were to tell you to find me some cubes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.97,0:01:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might point to a borg vessel right over there
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.27,0:01:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a borg vessel
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.30,0:01:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might point to a pair of dice
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.80,0:01:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let me draw a pair of dice
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.87,0:01:48.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you were looking for cubes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.95,0:01:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you might point to a pair of dice
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.73,0:01:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that looks something like that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.93,0:01:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might point to a Rubik's cube
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.73,0:01:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything you might find
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.80,0:01:58.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there might be a building that looks like a cube
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.73,0:02:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it might be a building that looks like a cube
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.73,0:02:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe there is a box in your house that is a cube
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.47,0:02:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in your mind you have a general idea of what a cube is
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.67,0:02:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like i know a cube when i see one
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.73,0:02:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a general idea is distilling the concept
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.13,0:02:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the idea of what a cube is
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.60,0:02:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of these ideas are very different
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.00,0:02:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is some plastic thing i could hold in my hand
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.27,0:02:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these are these white things
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.73,0:02:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they aren't even geometrically close to being perfect
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.20,0:02:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have these little divets on the side right over there
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.40,0:02:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a large borg vessel that you know
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.20,0:02:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that doesn't exist yet
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.07,0:02:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a fictional thing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.73,0:02:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they all have this cubeness to them
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.40,0:02:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the fun things about geometry
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.80,0:02:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so really distill the essence of these real world shapes
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.73,0:02:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we do have this definition in geometry
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.80,0:02:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is an object like this
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.92,0:02:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where every side has the exact same length
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.90,0:02:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so this is length one and that would be length one
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.11,0:02:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would be length one
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.82,0:02:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't have to be
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.11,0:02:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever the length of this side is
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.62,0:03:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this dimension
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.80,0:03:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then this dimension would be that length
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.20,0:03:04.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then that dimension is going to be that length
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.13,0:03:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and i'm not giving you the rigorous definition
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.93,0:03:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but i'm just trying to highlight that there is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.27,0:03:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pure idea of what a cube is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.20,0:03:14.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what a cube is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.27,0:03:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the real world, there is nothing that is actually
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.73,0:03:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a perfect cube
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.53,0:03:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you were to get really really close to the die
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.33,0:03:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you were to measure exactly their measurements
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.53,0:03:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they won't be exactly the same measurement
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.67,0:03:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the abstract idea is completely the same length as this
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.27,0:03:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this and this and all of the edges are going to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.20,0:03:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have the exact same length
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.47,0:03:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so this is going from the concrete
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.02,0:03:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the specific from the real world
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.93,0:03:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you consider the 24th or the 25th century, the real world
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.93,0:03:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to going to the idea behind it, the general idea
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.20,0:03:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you probably also heard the word abstract
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.75,0:03:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of art, like abstract art
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.27,0:03:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so this is abstract art
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.47,0:03:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is the same general idea
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.93,0:03:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so if you to look it up in the dictionary
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.00,0:04:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to find 20 definitions of the word abstract
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.00,0:04:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's all, essentially trying to say the same thing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.20,0:04:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,abstract art is art that is not focused on trying to paint
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.47,0:04:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reality the exact way reality exists
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.67,0:04:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you look at kind of lot of Renaissance art
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.00,0:04:16.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are skilled at painting figures
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.100,0:04:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exactly how they look in the real world
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.93,0:04:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the abstract artist
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.33,0:04:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes they're not even trying
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.06,0:04:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to represent anything from the real world
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.27,0:04:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are trying to represent a raw idea or
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.80,0:04:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a raw expression of color and form and texture
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.00,0:04:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is a Jackson Pollock painting
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.20,0:04:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right over here and i printed out so many things wrong
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.53,0:04:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taken by our own Steven Zucker, our art historian
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.27,0:04:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can see that it's not clear
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.80,0:04:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jackson Pollock is not trying to paint a
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.00,0:04:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, a dog or horse or anything like that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.86,0:04:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he is painting something that is devoid
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.33,0:04:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,completely independent of anything
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.38,0:04:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we actually see in physical reality
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.73,0:04:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the word, abstraction, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.13,0:05:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't just apply on just a pure geometry and art
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.80,0:05:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it applies to almost everything we do on a daily basis
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.80,0:05:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we even talk about things
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.47,0:05:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we even use words or use symbols
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.82,0:05:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are essentially abstracting away
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.87,0:05:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're abstracting the essence of something that actually exists in physical reality
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.47,0:05:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so if i use the word dog
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.87,0:05:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is a set of symbols that represent something in our mind
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.67,0:05:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we associate with dog
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.53,0:05:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have in our minds kind of the quality
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.47,0:05:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what a dog actually is
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.53,0:05:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, it has four legs
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.67,0:05:34.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and floppy ears and you enjoy petting it
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.55,0:05:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're man's or i guess people's best friend
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.46,0:05:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you imagine this thing called a dog
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.71,0:05:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it has the essence of dog
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.98,0:05:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when you actually look at dogs in the real world
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.75,0:05:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they look very very different type of animals
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.54,0:05:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like when you look at a great dane
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.15,0:05:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or kind of a super small poodle
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.38,0:05:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we recognize there is an essence of those particulars
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.43,0:05:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can abstract away and say this is a dog
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.23,0:06:00.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we abstract it even more by representing these letter symbols
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.87,0:06:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that tend to conjure up this image
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.95,0:06:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when we write something as simple as a number
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.00,0:06:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so if i write the number five
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.35,0:06:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we use it so frequently that to us
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.53,0:06:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a number 5 seems kind of like a concrete thing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.29,0:06:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it 's so abstract
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.69,0:06:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just a quantity of things
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.49,0:06:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i can symbolize like that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.00,0:06:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i could have symbolized 5 like that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.97,0:06:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i could have symbolized 5 in roman numerals like that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.89,0:06:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i could symbolize it like that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.80,0:06:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in all of these cases they are
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.67,0:06:32.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is the idea of a quantity of five things
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.33,0:06:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,five, you know, you could say point me to a five
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.93,0:06:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and someone could draw or point you to something like that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.40,0:06:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they are still pointing you to the symbol of five
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.48,0:06:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's still an very abstract idea
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.19,0:06:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so hopefully this gives you an appreciation
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.27,0:06:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for what abstract means
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.83,0:06:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you can tell, you know
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.20,0:06:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's kind of a, for lack of a better word
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.00,0:06:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's kind of an abstract idea
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.40,0:06:59.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to be too cute about that\N