ELLIE’S DREAM (2010)Acrylic - 40” x 30”
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ELLIE’S DREAM (2010)
Acrylic - 40” x 30”The vision came to me exactly as you see it here. I was thinking about the Moon Race and the clear cloudless skies of my childhood days in California. 1/3
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ELLIE’S DREAM (2010)
Acrylic - 40” x 30”The vision came to me exactly as you see it here. I was thinking about the Moon Race and the clear cloudless skies of my childhood days in California. 1/3
The curving structure is shaped to resemble a wind-twisted rocket contrail something I witnessed many times living near Vandenberg missile base. I chose a girl at the pinnacle of the structure because humanity's reach for the moon will be incomplete until a female crew lands there and explores the surface, representing the other half of our species. 2/3
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The curving structure is shaped to resemble a wind-twisted rocket contrail something I witnessed many times living near Vandenberg missile base. I chose a girl at the pinnacle of the structure because humanity's reach for the moon will be incomplete until a female crew lands there and explores the surface, representing the other half of our species. 2/3
(She's named after Dr. Ellie Arroway, the character in Carl Sagan's Contact, portrayed by Jodie Foster in the movie, but that's the only connection to the story.)
The job remains undone, the dream unfulfilled. 3/3
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The curving structure is shaped to resemble a wind-twisted rocket contrail something I witnessed many times living near Vandenberg missile base. I chose a girl at the pinnacle of the structure because humanity's reach for the moon will be incomplete until a female crew lands there and explores the surface, representing the other half of our species. 2/3
@MichaelWhelan I realised before even reading the post that the structure is a contrail, that’s lovely.
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(She's named after Dr. Ellie Arroway, the character in Carl Sagan's Contact, portrayed by Jodie Foster in the movie, but that's the only connection to the story.)
The job remains undone, the dream unfulfilled. 3/3
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If it’s possible to have fictional heroes, she’s one of mine. I can read the book forever and never get bored of her character.
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If it’s possible to have fictional heroes, she’s one of mine. I can read the book forever and never get bored of her character.
@alexanderdyas@mindly.social @MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art Ellie is fictional, but she was based on a real person: https://www.seti.org/people/jill-tarter/
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@alexanderdyas@mindly.social @MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art Ellie is fictional, but she was based on a real person: https://www.seti.org/people/jill-tarter/
@kunev @MichaelWhelan Wow, I didn’t know there was a real person behind the character. I’m looking forward to learning more about her.
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