#sciencequotes

[illuminatingfacts]

True progress begins with acknowledging what we don’t know. 🌌 Embrace curiosity and ignite discovery.

[scientificphilosopher]

As it is, we are merely bolting our lives—gulping down undigested experiences as fast as we can stuff them in—because awareness of our own existence is so superficial and so narrow that nothing seems to us more boring than simple being. If I ask you what you did, saw, heard, smelled, touched and tasted yesterday, I am likely to get nothing more than the thin, sketchy outline of the few things that you noticed, and of those only what you thought worth remembering. Is it surprising that an existence so experienced seems so empty and bare that its hunger for an infinite future is insatiable? But suppose you could answer, “It would take me forever to tell you, and I am much too interested in what’s happening now.” How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such a fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself as anything less than a god? And, when you consider that this incalculably subtle organism is inseparable from the still more marvelous patterns of its environment—from the minutest electrical designs to the whole company of the galaxies—how is it conceivable that this incarnation of all eternity can be bored with being? –Alan Watts, born on this day in 1915

[sociedelic]

#psychedelicscience #sciencequotes #psychonaut #psychonauts #humandiscoveries #humanunderstanding #selfawareness #healing #mindful #philosophyofmind #drugresearch https://www.instagram.com/p/CCZ5cp7BTB3/?igshid=1ovd9n0onhk07

[steamcampus]

Look at the stars & planets, you will feel that you are not just from a piece of land, but from the Solar System🌞🌛🌍🌠

STEAM CAMPUS

[thecosmicdivers-blog]

Everything 💙🌏 . #quotes #helenkeller #quote #quotestoliveby #quotesaboutlife #quoteoftheday #quotesdaily #motivationalquotes #quotestoinspire #quotestoremember #quotestagram #quotesforlife #science #sciencequotes https://www.instagram.com/p/B0K3n4-FWHe/?igshid=m0zzykaz8d9u

[sciencehook]

Believe in Science 💯 . . . #science #sciencequotes #billnye #billnyethescienceguy #sciencehook #sciencecommunication #scicomm #lovescience #sciencerules #humanrace #humanity #development #society #sciencematters #research #scientists https://www.instagram.com/p/B1aCW3BjIUQ/?igshid=15m054avln5eq

[startalkradio]

Who else needs a little #motivationmonday? Oh, just me? It’s cool, I’ll share this anyway 😉 #Repost @craftyphysicist ・・・ And the other piece from my #sundaynightfeelings ... sometimes I get into my head about what to create and how to create it and it just becomes so stressful when it doesn't go as expected. Very little thought and planning went into this one... just did it and it felt great that it didn't turn out awful. I was able to explore and it resulted in some beautiful parts... like the colors and shape of that S 😍. . . . #scienceisawayofthinking #sciart #stemart #artandscience #scienceandart #scicomm #sciencequotes #gouachelettering #gouache #carlsagan #carlsaganquotes #quotes #handpainted #handlettering #handlettered #science lettering #arttherapy https://www.instagram.com/p/BqYTUlnhUFt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1tfp0hs8q7upu

[eyecontact]

Star Stuff, Unrealized

This GIF is a mockup of my submission to the 2017 Portland Winter Light Festival. The theme of this year’s festival is “between the river and the stars.” While I typically try to avoid lettered quotations (a bit cliché at this point, don’tcha think?), I love Carl Sagan (who doesn’t?) and the quote made sense for the festival, which is hosted by OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry). The quote also fits in with my vision of the kind of large scale neon pieces I want to do – positive statements with multi-layered interpretations... it’s sciency (yet poetic) in an almost supernatural, spiritual way, which I love. (More about the science and context of Sagan’s statement here.)

This design was submitted to the festival committee in August, and while the project itself was accepted, the festival was not able to gather enough funding for the piece to be produced. I spec’d out the design at 7 feet high (that was the small version!), and so with all the stars included, it gets to be rather expensive with all the tubing length and skillful bending needed to complete the job.

So, my first real attempt at getting neon funding didn’t pan out – certainly I have lots to learn about neon production, designing large scale pieces, and light festivals. This is just the beginning. I want to neonize the world (mwah ha ha!) and I have lots of ideas brewing, so there is more to come!

I hadn’t animated the design until today. Blinking of the stars was not part of my spec sheet (although I wished it to be) because the technicality of having several transformers going with different timings is enormously expensive and near impossible (according to the shop I work with). The animation here is more of a fantasy, as the stars are fading in and out, all at different paces, which animated physical neon is incapable of doing.

If you live in or near Portland, you should check out the festival ! It was pretty amazing last year. It runs Feb 1-4, here is some schedule info.