8 x 11 inches, pen and ink on hot press board, 2021
A pen and ink drawing to celebrate human exploration on Mars.
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Proposal for the first Human Art on Mars ( HAM ) - A Drawing In The Sand on Another Planet.
Since ancient times philosophers have been drawing in the sand. …I propose we draw a human hand on Mars via InSight’s robotic arm. A simple mark, a giant cultural step for humankind.
I grew up with Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, with Isaac Asimov’s stories, with Arthur C Clarke’s novels. I grew up with Star Wars. It's not that I believe in Star Wars but I do believe in the message of Star Wars. Star Wars inspired me to dream. It was so epic and there were so many great lessons in it.
My blueprint for dreams came from the science fiction novels I had been reading throughout my childhood and as a young adult. I wanted an epic life with adventures, possibly in space. So my first dream naturally was to become an astronaut.
Our hands are a symbol of our humanity, we create and destroy by it, and like in the Michelangelo painting and in the cave paintings of ancient - they carry the human spark, they serve our intelligence to shape matter, and make our dreams a reality.
Ink pen drawing on an envelope, 2019
Ink pen drawing on an envelope, 2019