From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of any particular interest. But for us, it's different.
Consider again that dot.
That's here.
That's home.
That's us.
On it everyone you love,
Everyone you know,
Everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was,
Lived out their lives.
The aggregate of our joy and suffering,
Thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines,
Every hunter and forager,
Every hero and coward,
Every creator and destroyer of civilization,
Every king and peasant,
Every young couple in love,
Every mother and father, hopeful child,
Inventor and explorer,
Every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician,
Every "superstar," every "supreme leader,"
Every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there -
On a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
~ Carl Sagan
Inspired by this image taken by the Voyager 1 Spacecraft in 1990 of the Earth at the edge of the solar system. (We're that tiny little half a pixel in the brown band.) Especially today - the first day of the new year (after the world was suppose to end no less XP) I felt like taking a step back and getting some perspective in a quick painting. Carl Sagan's quote above made on the Voyager 1 photo is inspiring and eye-opening for me and made me want to try doing a painting of deep space.
So Happy New Year everyone. We made it!
Comments and critiques are welcome. It's not the best, I know. I'm trying to get better with the Oekaki. It took a lot of experimenting - and a lot of layers to get this how I wanted it. I tried to get the whole 'mote of dust in a sunbeam' feel to it. Oh, and that other little dot in the left corner is suppose to be Voyager 1.
My New Year's Resolution is to finish all the drawings and paintings I've started, so wish me luck with that.
