Week Nine: Space and Art

Sun captured in October! Looks like a
smiley face on a jack-o-lantern!
         Space involves looking across immeasurable expanses at wonders of unfathomable scale. It’s hard to even comprehend the true vastness of space. With shooting stars, black holes, planets, comets, asteroids, and so much more making up this great phenomenon, it is easy to see all the art that exists in space. Images of space are transforming how science communicates, how knowledge is gained about the universe, and how we see space.
The Artic in Summer
With all the knowledge gained about space, it has shown us how small we are. In my opinion, nothing captured in art is as pure as raw pictures captured of space. Due to this, I believe it is the most important art being made or captured anywhere today.
I can back this thought process up with a question.
Soooo... did we land on the moon or what?!?
Which pictures from our era will be everlasting? Images of space are like the equivalent of the Sistine Chapel, it will forever be timeless and held in high regard. Looking at planets and stars, we are brought back to our humble beginnings where the only light available was that from the sun and moon. We are looking back in time at light that has traveled for centuries or millennia and being connected to those times through space. They illustrate all the wonders of the universe.


So pure it doesn't even look real!
What a cool experience this would be. I love this photo.
Where does space even start or end? IT IS LIMITLESS
Personally, I see art as a form of expression. It shows and explains the mysteries and wonders of our very existence. Art is shaping the way scientists see. Everything we see and observe about space helps us see the true grandeur of our universe. I found the reading about the Mars Patent very interesting. If someone would have told me that in my lifetime, there would be serious talks about going to Mars, I would have never believed it! All of this makes me so excited to see all that will be discovered in the future. I can't wait to continue to marvel at all the wonders and miracles provided by all the art that encompasses space.

Sources

Car, Richard. "Richard Clar News." Website of Richard Clar and Art Technologies, a Collaboration between Space Technology and the Arts. 2005 Art Technologies, 2005. Web. 02 June 2017. 

"Cosmic Dancer - a Space Art Intervention by Arthur Woods." The Cosmic Dancer Sculpture - a Spaceart Intervention on the Mir Space Station by Arthur Woods. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 June 2017. 

Cox, David. "Could a New Approach to Kill Cancer at Nanoscale Work?" The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 11 Apr. 2017. Web. 26 May 2017. 

Curten, John. "Art in the Age of Nanotechnology." Art.Base. Anonymous, 11 Mar. 2010. Web. 25 May 2017. 

"Space.com." Space.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 June 2017. 

"These 10 Space Images Look Unbelievable, but Are Actually Real (pictures) - Page 11." CNET. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 June 2017. 

"Welcome to the Mars Patent." MARS PATENT: Welcome. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 June 2017.

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