2024
Acrylic on structured* (artist’s media) paper
Diptych framed in two frames
140 x100
The astronaut floats freely in the boundless silence of space, his body adrift, untethered to any spacecraft or structure. His limbs, weightless, gently sway with the slow grace of zero gravity. Though he’s alone in the infinite black void, surrounded only by the distant shimmer of stars, he seems at peace. His helmet reflects the vastness of the universe, the endless horizon stretching in all directions, but inside, he is calm.
A subtle smile plays on his lips, visible through the glass of his visor. There’s a tranquility in his posture, as if he’s not just surviving but savoring the moment—appreciating the stillness and solitude of space. He might be lonely, but it’s a reflective, contemplative loneliness, not one of despair. His spirit remains undaunted. Perhaps he feels small in the face of the universe’s grandeur, but that only fuels his sense of wonder.
Drifting in the cosmos, far from Earth and its chaos, he is free. He breathes slowly, deeply, knowing the vast expanse around him holds no immediate threat. Instead, it offers a rare gift: the chance to be alone with his thoughts, to reflect on existence, and to find strength in solitude. His isolation is not abandonment—it’s an adventure of the soul, a testament to his resilience and spirit.
*Structured paper
The symbolism of papers united together in the context of space-time travel carries deep metaphoric resonance, drawing on themes of connectivity, continuity, and the preservation of knowledge across dimensions. Each individual sheet represents a fragment of reality, experience, or time—when bound together, these pages form a unified narrative that transcends the limitations of space and time. Here’s a more detailed exploration of this concept:
individual papers symbolize distinct moments in time or separate dimensions of existence, the binding of these pages represents the connection of these discrete moments into a cohesive whole.The pages unified symbolize how all things, no matter how disparate they may seem, are part of a single, larger structure. A bound set of papers in the context of space-time travel could be seen as a living record of the universe’s history. The metaphor here is that the universe itself is a book, and time travel is a journey through its pages. How fragile human life with each of own inventions can achieve continuity and meaning when placed within the greater context of time, the vulnerability of memory and the preservation of knowledge.