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I never heard of the term before. Thanks for posting it.

Hrm... Interpreting it does seem more artistic, I have to agree there. And yet I feel as though mathematics is a kind of interpretation, one that assumes a kind of worldview that happens to be consistent and so on.

But I guess if I were to rewrite my previous post, I would have probably changed it to factor in interpretation and intent. I suppose art is something human made, and as such descriptions really aren't art, and as such nature isn't art either, even if it's beautiful, but an artist who interprets it and creates a painting of it is art, even if his goal is to have it as accurate to reality as possible.