To search this blog’s “Poetry” label click here: MarsArtists/Poetry “We are in the midst of a knowledge explosion, and if our rate of acquisition of new scientific knowledge continues to accelerate, as it is now doing, it seems to me quite likely that within much less than a thousand years we will know, if not […]
From copywriter Nickolaus Sugai and interaction designer Lauren Geschke comes this poignant video poetry, a kind of love letter to NASA posing a difficult question that we as a culture and a society must answer. We once dreamt of open sails and open seas We once dreamt of new frontiers and new lands Are we still a […]
This is the sixth installment in the autotuned Symphony of Science series. It’s all about why humans should further explore Mars and is appropriately titled, ‘The Case For Mars’.
“In a brisk, engrossing account Engdahl traces the theories and speculations concerning the possibility of extraterrestrial intelligent life throughout history.” —ALA Booklist “Engdahl has marshalled an impressive and fascinating selection of primary sources. . . . [She] has shown how deep this vein of speculation runs . . . and reminded us that our ancestors […]
Before reading this poem, it may help to know “green-hand Khezr” refers to a character in Islamic mythology, ‘a green man from beneath whose feet lush green plants would spring’… (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khidr) Ghazal 164: I see no love in anyone. Where have all the lovers gone?When did friendship come to an end? What made our friends […]
“Strange to think a single rose-pink snowflake” To make Mars a living place, a real place, a part of our world with meaning — the poetry of Stuart Atkinson will guide you. Heartfelt and informed, his poetry touches our human mind and soul. If you are an artist searching new visions, let the words of […]