Light & Illusion – Art by Randall Klopping

Within the Heart of Poseidon (art)

“The strength and weakness of physicists is that we believe in what we can measure. And if we can’t measure it, then we say it probably doesn’t exist. And that closes us off to an enormous amount of phenomena that we may not be able to measure because they only happened once. For example, the Big Bang. … That’s one reason why they scoffed at higher dimensions for so many years. Now we realize that there’s no alternative…” Michio Kaku

In the field of theoretical physics Dr. Michio Kaku is one of my favorites. He is fun to watch and listen to also in his many TV and Radio appearances, so energetic and passionate about the realm of possibilities. I’ve only gotten to read two of his books, “hyperspace” and “Parallel Worlds” but I look forward to the day when I start earning more money through my art so that I can afford more of his and others within the world of physics.

The Poseidon Nebula -2009

The Captain of the Quallarian pleasure cruiser had told me one of their legends of what sounded much like some sort of gateway into another parallel universe. He had described an immense nebula of blue, “like a stormy sea” he’d described it, “with many jewels glittering within.”

I had detect such a nebula once several years ago but in a hurry at the time I’d only passed and admired it at a distance, so I decided to give it a good exploration. It proved to be a particularly dense nebula and rather difficult to navigate as it bore huge clouds of crystalline formations within the gasses and dust, reflecting back the beams of my ships scanners.

“Hidden within the very heart of it” the Captain had told, “lies a hole in the universe, a bottomless chasm filled with giant spirits of light.”

It took me nearly a week to find a way through the endless maze of narrow passages between the clouds, then suddenly there it lay, lit by a single blue star.

Entrance to the Well of Souls -2009

I decided to explore the nebula a bit more. After all, I was more than a bit curious if the tear in the fabric of space would still be visible from beneath it. I soon learned that it in fact was not but the chamber beneath the entrance to the Well of Souls was a chasm of fractured space-time. A series of small rifts in its center spewed forth jets of hot plasma, while immense bolts of energy crackled throughout the chasm like massive thunderstrokes of lightning.

The Chamber of Storms -2009

All of these science fiction artworks are fractal illusions, inspired by science and woven with a healthy dose of imagination.

The artworks that you see here on my blog and on my Visual Artist page at Facebook are my hard work toward contributing to society and earning money to rebuild my life. I offer many of my works as art prints and products such as custom business cards, customizable greeting cards, mugs, shirts, caps, ties and more through my Zazzle Store.