A beautifully realised commission idea by the highly appreciated artist IlijaMandic
I have been fascinated by space since my childhood...
One of my early memories was a visit to the German Museum in Munich, where there is a section about Space travel. In a dark room, there were pictures of the surface of the moon with the earth on the horizon... and in the silence of this area, the immersion was perfect for me as a child: In my imagination, I could visualise what a sublime feeling it must have been to look at the blue planet from the surface of the moon.
Visits to planetariums followed... an enthusiasm for science fiction... and even in my youth I liked to sit on the balcony until well past midnight during the holidays to look up at the firmament on starry nights and see more than just darkness and stars: it was like looking at a vast ocean - along with the realisation that we are only on a tiny island in an endless sea...
I have been fascinated by space since my childhood...
One of my early memories was a visit to the German Museum in Munich, where there is a section about Space travel. In a dark room, there were pictures of the surface of the moon with the earth on the horizon... and in the silence of this area, the immersion was perfect for me as a child: In my imagination, I could visualise what a sublime feeling it must have been to look at the blue planet from the surface of the moon.
Visits to planetariums followed... an enthusiasm for science fiction... and even in my youth I liked to sit on the balcony until well past midnight during the holidays to look up at the firmament on starry nights and see more than just darkness and stars: it was like looking at a vast ocean - along with the realisation that we are only on a tiny island in an endless sea...
Category Artwork (Digital) / Scenery
Species Unspecified / Any
Gender Any
Size 1919 x 1054px
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