Physics is the application of logic and mathematics to nature. The approach works because the laws of physics are the same, irrespective of time and place. This has created the technology we have. The success of logic in physics led to it being applied to the inner life and gave rise to the idea of the human being as a robot.
Art is intuitive rather than logical. Many novels of the last century were an expression of the individual living in a very inhuman, scientifically created world. Examples include Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, and A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess.
Such things as the emotions, imagery, dreams and ideals are personally felt. They are also fluid, changing, and difficult to define, and so they succumb badly to logic. It is because we ignore our intuition that we get the idea of the human being as a robot.
If logic demands uniformity, intuition is very individual. Only individuals can have insights, inspired ideas and intuitive thoughts. Not only are such things real; without them there would be no science.
I am in the process of setting up Intuition Workshops here in Bath. For those who are interested in learning about intuition and its methods, the workshops may be of interest. The link below provides more details:
(Artwork: Isaac Newton by William Blake. His accompanying poem:
‘May God us keep, from single vision and Newton’s sleep.’)