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Published: 2017-11-20 21:18:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 3729; Favourites: 206; Downloads: 60
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Oil, 18 x 24 inches

"Perhaps the most wrenching by-product of the scientific revolution has been to render untenable many of our most cherished and most comforting beliefs. The tidy anthropocentric proscenium of our ancestors has been replaced by a cold, immense, indifferent Universe in which humans are relagated to obscurity. But I see the emergence in our consciousness of a Universe of a magnificence, and an intricate, elegant order far beyond anythingΒ our ancestors imagined. And if much of the Universe can be understood in terms of a few simple laws of Nature, those wishing to believe in God can certainly ascribe those beautiful laws to a Reason underpinning all of Nature. My own view is that it is far better to understand the Universe as it really is than to pretend to a Universe as we might wish it to be.
Whether we will acquire the understanding and wisdom necessary to come to grips with the scientific revelations of the twentieth century will be the most profound challenge of the twenty-first."
-Carl Sagan

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Nivmohnd [2021-05-03 12:26:22 +0000 UTC]

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geanera [2018-01-19 19:29:26 +0000 UTC]

Beautifully done!!!

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little-spacey [2018-01-12 07:31:25 +0000 UTC]

Nine years on dA and this is one of my favorite works I've ever encountered thank you for sharing this masterpiece!!

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LETMESEEBEUTY [2017-12-05 14:21:13 +0000 UTC]

Good work

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The-Golem-Armada [2017-11-25 15:48:24 +0000 UTC]

Wow! What a gorgeous piece, and the quote goes with it so nicely. I love the character of the brushstrokes, and the balance of light and shadow are so striking. It's a really profound effect, and I understand fairly difficult in oil. Many kudos!

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deskridge [2017-11-22 02:22:16 +0000 UTC]

Well done!

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CorradoCandido [2017-11-21 16:34:19 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful revolution

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jstuckey001 [2017-11-21 15:17:25 +0000 UTC]

beautiful

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Terrathefox [2017-11-21 00:42:52 +0000 UTC]

I'm having a hard time breathing. This just took my breath away.Β 

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