Two Minuscule Views of the Universe

Two Minuscule Views of the Universe  
We see all around, yet in a minuscule of Nature, the proof of an omnipotent power and will that created our world, in fact the 
universe we peer into the lens, and see fireflies among the stars. 

Paintings and Verses by Dr Abe V Rotor

The Tropical Rainforest - Minuscule of the Universe 

in acrylic by the author, 2020 

We see but a leaf, yet it contains all the elements of the plant; we search through the thick canopy only to be denied of the full view of the forest; above, we see a seemingly endless undulating cover of green;

We see a bird feeding her young, universal of maternal care that ensures the perpetuation of species, both the seen and unseen creatures that comprise the unimaginable diversity of the living world;  

We see the transformation of life in each species following a pattern of life cycle, dictated by the environment and passing of the seasons, and on the long run, by the laws of competition and cooperation;  

We see in a passing review brief moments of  action - metamorphosis of butterflies, germination of seeds, migration of birds, among countless daily events - and in us, within us, the march of time and life itself;

We see the manifestations of life from general knowledge, but never its primary source, how the energy of the sun transforms into matter, more so how matter becomes living cells, onto becoming living organisms;  

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We see all around, yet in a minuscule of Nature, the proof of an omnipotent power and will that created our world, in fact the universe we peer into the lens, and see fireflies among the stars. 

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The Milky Way -  Minuscule of the Universe as seen through the telescope

 in acrylic by the author 2020

We see the sky blue in the day, pitch black at night, save a scattering of stars, a waning moon perhaps, a shy curtain of the Aurora Borealis, or a shooting star on which we hastily send our personal wishes;

We see hazy shades of various colors we think are the primordial origin of the rainbow, or fragments of the rainbow as it goes back to sleep only to return some day or hour, to lift the spirit and make kids happy;

We see the planets among the stars, think of stars having also planets of their own, why Mars is red and Venus gleaming white, why Jupiter has rings, Saturn tremendously huge, and Pluto a renegade of sort; 

We see in imagery man walking on the moon, rocket ships sent later and started satellite communications which consequently transformed the way we communicate, the world virtually "wired at all corners;"   

We see our world is but the size of a grain of sand in the vastness of space; travelling with other heavenly bodies into the unknown, on  Planet Earth, our only spaceship which we must take care of properly.~