Art and science converge in Lynn Gamwell's book, <em>Conjuring the Void: The Art of Black Holes</em>
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Embark on a visual voyage of art inspired by black holes
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Thank you for the beautiful images. For the longest time, my mental image of a black hole was a giant whirlpool in space, thanks to watching the sci-fi masterpiece (/s) “The Black Hole” as a kid. Maybe if the people at Disney had gone with Jean-Pierre Luminet‘s gorgeous illustration instead…
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I'm amazed at Jean-Pierre Luminet's picture of a black hole from 45+ years ago. It looks completely recognizable from much more recent simulations and radio astronomy images.
He has a blog where he wrote about the article this image was from back in 2018. Speaking about how he made the image, he writes
He has a blog where he wrote about the article this image was from back in 2018. Speaking about how he made the image, he writes
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"There’s just something about the concept of a black hole that resonates with the Eastern tradition. So many of the themes—the science of black holes, void, nothingness, being inescapable—relate to the philosophy of Buddhism and Taoism and so on."
Buddhism teaches that the perceived world is illusory – something that Sir Arthur Eddington wouldn't have disagreed with, and he was a Quaker – but certainly does not believe in predestination and makes no statement about underlying reality. Quite the reverse. Unlike Calvinism which basically self contrdicts by saying our fate is predestined and there is nothing we can do about it, but equally we sinners have to try to be virtuous even though we are doomed to failure, Buddhism teaches that we can escape being bound to the illusory world.
Also - "Eastern tradition"? Christianity is an Eastern religion. So is Jainism, Shinto, and Taoism. All rather different.
Black holes have absolutely nothing to do with it. I think she should stick to art and leave other people to do the social theology.
Buddhism teaches that the perceived world is illusory – something that Sir Arthur Eddington wouldn't have disagreed with, and he was a Quaker – but certainly does not believe in predestination and makes no statement about underlying reality. Quite the reverse. Unlike Calvinism which basically self contrdicts by saying our fate is predestined and there is nothing we can do about it, but equally we sinners have to try to be virtuous even though we are doomed to failure, Buddhism teaches that we can escape being bound to the illusory world.
Also - "Eastern tradition"? Christianity is an Eastern religion. So is Jainism, Shinto, and Taoism. All rather different.
Black holes have absolutely nothing to do with it. I think she should stick to art and leave other people to do the social theology.
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I did one too for my music project, (eclectic, ranging from orchestral to experimental electronic, to metal). The art is called Bullet of Time. It is using a composite of photographs. I felt it was only fitting here. Tried to include just the image, didn’t really
work but SoundCloud is apparently an approved site:
work but SoundCloud is apparently an approved site:
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Just fall into a supermassive black hole. You'll cross the event horizon just fine. Whether you get spaghettified after that no one knows.
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I unironically love this movie. There are some bits that get a little goofy but there are some really amazing parts as well.
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It's just too bad you won't know what it's like [if/when] you come out the other side.
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