Imagination's Expanse

The silence of the night sky and the stars ~

louder than any silence here on earth.

Inky blackness grants permission to a million pinpoints of light ~

pinpoints that, up close, are greater than imagination can hold.

Belief that life on this earth is the only life in this universe, that our small planet holds the only life form, may keep us safe but reality may not fit our expectations.

Our knowledge of the universe can only shine if man explores

into space, into our imaginations and into our hearts.

“Though we might like to think so, humankind is not at any special, 

unique or privileged location in the gargantuan, perhaps infinite, Universe.”

~ Eric Chaisson, Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos