He was a leader, innovator and a traveler. He loved solving difficult technical and manufacturing problems in his work, and was a trusted advisor to me and other members of the family.
I took this picture of him while he was visiting me at Lucasfilm.
If you deliver this spacesuit design to Elon Musk you'd be fired on the spot. It is dated, uninspired, ugly bikini area, wtf crop top, arms come out like pipes out of a water heater. Helmet's like a glass melon and materials looks like a tent. Short pants and baby blue soles?
I think what happened is Prada told them it looks cool and they agreed. I mean Prada is the master of luxury bullshit that no one needs, I am sure they will easily transition from handbags to spacesuits. Like they give fucks about space.
Tell me art doesn't have staying power. What other shit remains from back then? And you know what it is still beautiful 5 to 7,000 years later.
A pigment, a scratch, a line and a surface, no need for any fancy to make art. This is why it's magic, it is so simple at first glance. Art sneaks up on you, you are moved, by a few scratches on a rock.
Tell me you're not moved by this art!
There is one essential quality to beauty and it is the fact that it doesn't need champions. People always aspire to beauty because it is a window to a pure world - it lifts them up and makes them aspire to things bigger and better than themselves.
Smthng i wrote 15 years ago I guess.
In Progress, 9 × 5 feet, acrylic on canvas, began in 2024.