For all of our scientific advances, there are still many questions that remain unanswered. In the new book The Where, the Why, and the How, artists take a stab at explaining those mysteries. For this challenge, we asked you to create an illustration to answer the following question:
Are we alone in the universe?
Does She Remain the Same, 16"X20" acrylic.
Reflection Nebula M78,
One of the brightest reflection nebula in the sky, is about five light-years across, this view is from 16,000 years ago.
Are we Alone.
Scientist can decipher Nebulas as innumerable particles of dust, hydrogen and helium gas, and plasma, collapsing and clumping together due to mysterious gravitational attraction into vast clouds light years across time and space, Appearing like fantastical worlds and beings .
Knowing that the dung beetle uses the Milky Way for orientation and navigation, then perchance, Nebulas are gravitational clouds held together by an extraterrestrial orphic intelligence. That is so alien to human understanding, we simply do not see them in plane sight.
From this perspective the question arises ' what is intelligence and does it have parametric limits?'
Frederica
Dark "Tara" cloud in Scorpius
This massive Dark Nebula is as yet unnamed, I name Her Tara. Dark Nebulas are unknown particle clouds blocking out the light of stars.The source of energy is the Scorpius Ob association, near the center of the Milky Way.
Are we Alone?
Scientist can decipher Nebulas as innumerable particles of dust, hydrogen and helium gas, and plasma, collapsing and clumping together due to mysterious gravitational attraction into vast clouds light years across time and space, Appearing like fantastical worlds and beings .
Knowing that the dung beetle uses the Milky Way for orientation and navigation, then perchance, Nebulas are gravitational clouds held together by an extraterrestrial orphic intelligence. That is so alien to human understanding, we simply do not see them in plane sight.
From this perspective the question arises ' what is intelligence and does it have parametric limits?'
Frederica
Carina Carina Where Did You Go? 36"X28 Acrylic
Why Eta Carinae brightens and then fades to become invisible to the neked eye is unknown In 2007, Eta Carinae could once again be seen with the naked eye.
Are we Alone.
Scientist can decipher Nebulas as innumerable particles of dust, hydrogen and helium gas, and plasma, collapsing and clumping together due to mysterious gravitational attraction into vast clouds light years across time and space, Appearing like fantastical worlds and beings .
Knowing that the dung beetle uses the Milky Way for orientation and navigation, then perchance, Nebulas are gravitational clouds held together by an extraterrestrial orphic intelligence. That is so alien to human understanding, we simply do not see them in plane sight.
From this perspective the question arises ' what is intelligence and does it have parametric limits?'
Frederica
Star-maker Surfing the Orion Nebula 28"x38" oil on canvas
Are we Alone
Scientist can decipher Nebulas as innumerable particles of dust, hydrogen and helium gas, and plasma, collapsing and clumping together due to mysterious gravitational attraction into vast clouds light years across time and space, Appearing like fantastical worlds and beings .
Knowing that the dung beetle uses the Milky Way for orientation and navigation, then perchance, Nebulas are gravitational clouds held together by an extraterrestrial orphic intelligence. That is so alien to human understanding, we simply do not see them in plane sight.
From this perspective the question arises ' what is intelligence and does it have parametric limits?'
http://frederica-hall.fineartamerica.com/
Frederica
I made these characters on my iPad using shapes and symbols from the Sign Factory app, plus a mash-up of other apps for collage.
Mary
"Small Talk"
A conversation about exploring a new planet.
Jerry
We talk and listen to the sky but we do not know whether they make any noise or whether they can hear us
Ojisa
This is a drawing of a two extraterrestrials. Medium used is: pencil, colored pencil and watercolor.
The nice thing about creating images of extraterrestrials is that nobody can tell you that you made a mistake in your presentation. Possibilities are endless.
This two aliens are very tall, gracious in their movement and in a harmony with the space around them. Their eyes are big dark and deep. They see different reality then we do.
Through similarity with a human form I wanted to convey that we are all part of big cosmic family and we humans should not be afraid to recognize and accept their existence.
Vera
We are not alone.
The alien in my painting (oil painting) is a humanoid being, physically, psychologically and spiritually very advanced.
This being has a translucent form that can transcend this reality. This is a multidimensional being.
The image was not preconceived. It evolved through a creative process
Vera
This drawing was done in park in the Lower East Side, in a little notebook, soon after I quit school and came back to New York City.
One day, back in the late 1990's, I was goofing off at the French National Library, having decided not to pursue my doctorate but determined to nevertheless enjoy the privileges of the reading room till the end of the semester. Waiting for a book to be delivered to my desk, I started leisurely clicking my laptop, opening mysterious files that had somehow ended up in the garbage. (Remember when Mac files would end up in the garbage after a crash? In a file called "Recovered Files," saved by the computer fairy?) I opened one and it was titled: "The phenomenology of slime." It was just a few sentences that I barely remembered typing, all alone, in the middle of the night in my garret, with the BBC World Service on the radio, as usual. It said:
"There’s a scientist on the radio right now who’s saying, “When you think of the immensity of the universe, you realize that we humans are just a bit of slime on the surface of a planet!”
You know what I have to say to that? Speak for yourself, slimeball!"
Carolita
What is out there? I think 'it' is endless. UFOs are but one of the many possibilities of what is yet to be known. What would you do if you saw an alien outside your window?!
Caro
I see the stars as eyes... proof that we are not alone!
Francine
Incredible universe: This cedar is its self inhabited by aliens, just an outstretched hand away. Blinking into existence and earth-like planet appears in the night sky if we sustain our observation we won't miss it. This study was co-imagined by, Caroline who drew stardust from paper and pencil, and Deb who clipped and dropped. We are not alone ~ impossible to be. Observation is one thing. Perspective is everything!
Caroline
Who's to say that aliens can't have features similar to humans.... this guy's having a bad hair day, though. :o)
Debbie
An alien lands on the moon and meets an astrounaut who shares where he comes from. They are happy they meet, and shake hands... sort of the coming together of two worlds. :o)
Debbie
Two aliens out for an evening stroll through one of our deserts
Mike
Creatures of another planet hunting for food or protecting their territory.
Mike
In this illustration I imagined what a creature would look like if it was a cross between mechanical/computer and the nature of that world.
Mike
This illustration is about how creatures of another planet could communicate, or have meetings with each other to discuss plans about visiting other planets.
Mike
This drawing presents denizens of another planet... of all races, sizes, colors and robots.
Mike
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