I put another layer into this painting today.
The Japanese word for galaxy is “ginga” (銀河) which means, “silver river.” Awesome, right? We live in a silver river, a flowing mirror. The Milky Way in Japanese is "Amanogawa" (天の川), heaven's river. So cool. Maybe I should call this painting one of those.
Some of you might have noticed that there are two different Japanese characters meaning "river": 河 and 川。The former looks like it has a mouth and dam inside; the water coming in from the left, see it? feeding the mouth. Japanese characters are always tiny pictures, you know, beautifully composed in a square format, each one. Reading a page of these tiny pictures can be like visiting a modern art museum. And they are a great fun to write.
3 comments:
The three-dimensionality in your painting is amazing. And your friends look like awesome people. Miss you.
Brother,
I don't know how large the space nerd inside you is, but my nerd thought your nerd might be interested in this recent image from the Mars probe^_^
Mars Image
looks like star babies.
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