I'm working with Marcus on an art installation for Tear's national conference in Sydney. The theme of this year's conference is 'On Earth as in Heaven'. These are some images I've produced using Gustave Doré and Philipp Veit's illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy, and star maps from Ball's Popular Guide to the Heavens:
And here is an interview with N.T. Wright (Bishop of Durham) from Time: 'Christians Wrong About Heaven, Says Bishop'
Been doing more experiments with the star maps:
So far the last one is the only one I like a lot.
On Monday afternoon I went into this little secondhand bookshop near Mehrin's work, and got a fairly old astronomy book for $12.50. It's called Ball's Popular Guide to the Heavens, and it was first published in 1892 - but I've got the 1952 edition:
I got it because it has really nice old star maps in it, and I want to use them in some art. This is what I've done this afternoon:
I really like using old scientific diagrams (like what I used for Dead Man Rising last year). I think it's because we often seem to think that we understand everything about how the world works, and looking at how we used to try to explain everything is a bit humbling, and allows me to experience more awe at God's creation.
