Is There Such A Thing As Reality? by Rick Doble

  REALITY?  

 Text & design by Rick Doble. All images are from commons.wikimedia.org unless otherwise noted.

 If there is 
 such a thing 

 as reality 

This man is not wearing clothing, but is naked, with clothing painted on.

 it lives on the edge 

 of our perception 

These lines are not angled but go straight across.

 which 

 shapes and molds it 

 to give it 

 form and meaning 

Our World Is Different Due To Technology by Rick Doble

 Our World Is Different - 

 Due to Technology 
(Text & design by Rick Doble except as noted. Photos and images from commons.wikimedia.org except as noted.)

Painting by Paul Klee.

"For the artist communication with nature 

remains the most essential condition. 

The artist is human; himself [ED: herself] nature; part of nature..."

Paul Klee, Paths of the Study of Nature, 1923

Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.

 The old bond 

 between humans and nature 

 has been permanently altered 

 by technology 

Code named, Castle Romeo, this is a photo 

of the first hydrogen (thermonuclear) bomb 

that would be deployed by the US military.

 The task of the 21st century artist 

 is to forge a new relationship 

 between humans and the world, 

 since our fate is inseparable 

 from that of the Earth 

Rick Doble, 1999

Man-made electric lighting at night, across the world 20 years ago. 

Composite satellite imagery, NASA.

(NASA image)

Gentle Wind That Blows Through Atoms by Rick Doble

 The Gentle Wind  

 That Blows Through Atoms 

Poem by Rick Doble written in 1969. 

These original pictures by Rick Doble were enhanced and processed 

from static caused by cosmic microwave background radiation, 

known as the CMBR or CMB,

from the Big Bang explosion that formed the universe.

 The gentle wind 

 that blows through atoms 

 that curls and lies quiet 

 waits for a mind 

 to focus it  

 like burning sunlight 

 and penetrate 

 the weave of space 

Poem By Wols (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze)

Poem by Wols (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze, 1913-1951), 

abstract painter, photographer, poet.

(Photograph, editing and design by Rick Doble)