Light & Illusion - Space, Science Fiction & Nature Art

The Big Bang!

The other day I had come across the “Big Bang Theory” on a scientific website and decided to read it as one of my hobbies is Astronomy & theoretical physics such as String Theory (hobby only, I’m not that smart… lol). One of the styles I have developed is weaving Science Fiction & Space illusions with a Fractal flame software called Apophysis. I decided to attempt the illusion of the Big Bang.

Designing this was a lesson in CHAOS, mixing multiple techniques I have developed, I wove an explosion of such magnitude that fiery balls of plasma are hurled outward, as they begin to spin spiral arms begin to form as they gather matter spinning away through endless debris. If the theory does prove to someday be true, it is the origin/root of all, our Earth, moon, stars and each & every one of us. As to the debate; evolution vs creationism, the bible says God created it, it doesn’t say how he did it or how long a day is to God. That is about all my damaged brain can handle… lol
This artwork is available in open edition prints (CLICK HERE) on a variety of fine art papers or canvas (framing also if you wish).

WITH LIBERTY & JUSTICE FOR ???

There are many problems a person with disabilities face in life. In theory, this is why social programs were created and yet our leadership here in the United States baffles me. For fifteen years now, since I became physically disabled in an accident, I have watched our leaders spend frivolously on non-essential things, then make excuses when it comes to responsibilities. It infuriates me when they fail miserably at something like Katrina and then set aside MILLIONS of dollars for a victory celebration of a war so mismanaged that our Nation looks like a fool. Now, to make sure there is no misunderstanding here, by mismanaged I mean the LEADERSHIP – President, Vice President, Senate & House!!!

I find it strange that the Rescuer’s from 9/11 and our veteran’s are dealing with extremely similar problems getting help, as I experienced when I had no choice but to apply for help. You see, it is very hard to be gracious when they (politicians & bureaucrats) make excuses as to why they can’t get essential programs to operate quickly & efficiently and then spit out money left and right for window dressing that gains our politicians support & votes. They seem to have turned our Democracy into a Good Ole Boys Club/pyramid scheme! Is not the reason they want only two parties within the political system is to force everyone to play by their rules? Certainly they couldn’t manage to get away with so much corruption if they truly had to compete with say 15-20 political parties. The worst part of only a two party system is that our Nation is as mentally ill as a person with bipolar disorder and it does far more harm to we the people than benefits us.

I have lost all faith in our current administration! President Bush frequently speaks of things like “open government” and then defies investigations left and right, claiming executive privilege. Mr. President, if you practice secrecy behind closed doors then you do not believe in “open government” and are not practicing it. When you pushed for the war in Iraq, I stood behind you because you said you “KNEW” what weapons Saddam had and “Knew where they were.” Have you thought about the fact that you have been caught in so many lies & scandals that we would have to be fools to believe you now? (if only a President would read and think about such things).

Numerous times I have asked my Congressman & Senator to investigate the Social Security Administration because of the things that happened during my alleged evaluation for the SSI. Not once, no attempt made to investigate why during the evaluation they made no effort to take an x-ray or MRI, nor request them from either the hospital or my doctor. Yet they did denials to my SSI claiming my doctors were wrong in their diagnosis. What gall!!!!!!! To state that doctors, having done proper examinations & tests are wrong even as they evade the evidence! To this day I am forced to live in a horrible mess because I can’t do cleaning. I frequently take falls in the shower because I don’t have the means have safety handles installed, the last time ending up with a hernia.

I can’t speak for anyone but myself but I am sick of living in a PRetend America. Just about everyone in the U.S. has pledged allegiance to our flag. A flag that is supposed to represent Liberty & Justice for all! Yet our leaders corruption and lack of Honor deny many Americans those very things. The truth is that there is only Liberty & Justice for some, the rest they “PR” away. I for one am sick & tired of them PRoclaiming what a good job they do when the reality for thousands, if not millions, of Americans is to be denied Justice

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To Build a New Life

As a disabled person trying to build a life for myself is very difficult. My mental disabilities go back to childhood, some pretty sick things were done to me and another relative, leaving me to struggle eternally through life. An auto accident I was a passenger in 15 years ago has left me physically disabled, each day filled with endless pain and only able to spend brief periods standing/walking and briefer periods sitting (sitting is agony for me). I have little choice other than just trying to endure it, painkillers are a depressant and not advisable for someone living with depression.

Life for me these days is VERY frustrating as I work to enter into the world of art. As an artist, I love to create but in trying to get established on the Internet I quickly get overwhelmed, each site has different variables such as image size & file size, some I have to host image somewhere else, etc. Most of the art sites, contests & exhibitions all have fees (as well as costs of having a print made, etc) which I have no means of affording with only SSI for income. I also have to live with other problems, like extremely loud stereos, specifically the bass beat just instantly jams up my thought process, robs me of even being able to focus till it stops. I try hard to absorb it all but get so overloaded that I confuse things with another site, or something someone else said. It causes me a lot of problems but all I can do is the best I can, be honest about myself (good & bad) and hope my hard work & determination somehow makes a difference. And I apologize in advance if sometimes what I write doesn’t make sense.

Since my physical disability forces me to spend most of my time laying on my side, I keep my computer set up right next to my bed so that I can work as much as possible. I put a lot of my time into my art and I recently signed up in Dr. Kaku’s forum because I often do artistic representations of various elements of String Theory (black holes, white holes, wormholes, parallel worlds, etc.). I have to read articles & posts over and over again to grasp at least part of it, but Stephen Hawking is one of my heroes for what he has overcome in life. I too seek to rise from the ashes life has dealt me.

Some days are better than others for me. There are periods sometimes for weeks that I am so bad I can’t focus on much of anything, those days all I try to do is rendering and I withdraw from the rest. Partially so I don’t subject others to my problems and a lot because I just mess up left and right, like a moment ago going to check my email, closed the program instead. Realized it about 5 minutes later and had to reopen it. When I am like this it is impossible to design/create new artworks so I try to do little tasks. Usually I wouldn’t try to write but as this is like a journal entry, I wanted to get it done so you might understand a bit about me.

I am finally going to get to enter a competition for placement in the “Embracing our Differences” Exhibition. I really don’t know if I stand a chance but there is no entry fees and them make the print, so I get to take my first baby step I guess one could say. I’ll post it at the bottom for all to see. I like the theme because I can relate to it. Functioning in life is difficult because often people, businesses, government, etc, expect me to be able to do anything anyone else can and that is not always true.

Though I suspect they may not realize it, they often expect more out of me than they do themselves. I won’t even shop at a K-mart store anymore because the one here always closes out the handicapped lane and I got too many insulting remarks for asking someone to open it (can’t even count the number of times I just left because I couldn’t get checked out quickly and was in just too much pain). It happens with many non-profit organizations too. For example, when I was getting an endless runaround during the SSI process rather than proper examinations (the gov never took a single xray or MRI and didn’t request them from my doctor or hospital, just ruled against me), I contacted ACLU. When I received a reply it wasn’t to help but to tell me about their limited resources, which I probably would have accepted except the next day in the news is them using those precious resources to push for a girl to wear to school a t-shirt stating something to the effect that Barbie was a lesbian! Things like this confuse the heck out of me and I wonder if they just represent members/contributors and aren’t really about civil liberties for others.

This is about all the embarrassment I can handle right now, I will save more for future entries.

Randall Klopping

Artist’s Note - This was written yesterday and it was not a good day. I have left it as written so you & others can see what I struggle with. It took almost two hours to focus enough to write that little bit (I hope it makes sense).

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The Einstein-Rosen Bridge

I thought I would begin this site with a piece dedicated to Albert Einstein & Nathan Rosen and all the other theorists/physicists trying to understand and explain our universe.

The Einstein-Rosen Bridge, more commonly referred to as a Wormhole, is a hypothetical tunnel or passage between two points in space & time (or spacetime as it is often termed). The term “wormhole” comes in essence from an example of a worm tunneling through an apple and coming out the other side. The Einstein-Rosen Bridge/Wormhole could theoretically connect two distant points in space and/or time, perhaps even alternate universes.

Because I have mental disabilities, a lot of theoretical physics escape me, its just more than I can fully comprehend and I have to read even the simplest things over and over and Over again, just to get it firmly stuck in my head. As an artist though, such theories make excellent inspiration for the 3D (3 Dimensional) artwork illusions I create and is the foundation/concept behind several of my art series as shown here.

I offer two Limited Edition Canvas Prints of this piece:

Unframed Limited Edition (set=100) Print on PremierArt Canvas, Gallery Wrap: 32.0″ x 24.0″ $275.00

Framed Limited Edition (set=50) Print on PremierArt Canvas, Gallery Wrap- size 48.0″ x 36.0″ - Red Gold Scoop with Bead frame, 2.13″ width - Finished size: 52.3″ x 40.3″ - - Price - $575.00

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