earth energies series

 

 

The "Earth Energies" series of paintings focuses on the planet Earth situated in a cosmic environment full of energy and activity. The symbolic message of these works is that Earth's physical boundary is not limited to its atmosphere but extends outward to its "real" cosmic boundary - that which is defined by its own gravitational influence in the immediate cosmos. This boundary extends 1,495,000 kilometers from the center of the planet creating a sphere with a diameter of 3 million kilometers which contains 13 million times the volume of the physical Earth. This sphere is sometimes referred to as "Greater Earth".

"The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!"
 
Larry Niven