An ephemeral poppy, almost overcome by the weight of the water, and yet so alive, so intense. As if to say: “I will not last long, but while I am here, I will burn with all the red I have.”
In this painting, the geology is not just background; it is almost the main subject. The mesas, cliffs, bedding planes, joints, and erosion surfaces tell a story of sedimentation, uplift, fracture and weathering. The painter Larry Christensen has transformed stratigraphy in art.
"For decades, string theory promised a “theory of everything” that described all particles and forces as tiny vibrating strings. Physicists hoped it could also solve one of the field’s deepest problems: reconciling quantum mechanics with gravity."
Now string theory finds new uses.
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