My theory is that a lot of engineers and science-y types get into art because it takes their minds from the abstract (where they usually live) down to the concrete. That's part of why I started learning guitar a few years ago.
It could also have to do with the affinities between science and art/music, in that they're both mathematical.
The scientist and the engineer
Though the abstract world hold dear
Oft will wander down the street
To creative works more concrete
I ruminate I shall have to pass,
As your poem strikes me, alas,
Tis the sort of thing to bring
From men who can't sing,
And it's making you look quite the ass.
I met your AABB and raised you a Limerick, sir.
I'm sure you know what I'll ask next
As the random lass
Who called me an ass
How does a man sing in text?
