Further Up Yonder, from film student Giacomo Sardelli.
- Maggie
“We had an expansive run in the 60’s and the 70’s. You might have thought, as I did then, that our species would be on Mars before the century was over. But instead, we’ve pulled inward. Robots aside, we’ve backed off from the planets and the stars. I keep asking myself: is it a failure of nerve, or a sign of maturity?” - Carl Sagan
The Sagan Series is an education project created in promotion of scientific literacy. Part 6, above, was produced last summer in the midst of NASA’s final space shuttle launch, combining voiceover from Sagan’s famous Pale Blue Dot with various classic space footage. One year later, the astronomer’s words are as powerful as ever.
- Maggie
The Burchfield Penney’s current Useum exhibit is fantastic. If you’re a fan of Sendak, Dahl, or “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” you’ll want to stop in. “Secret Spaces,” on display through Sept. 19, explores the crevices of our homes and spaces we escape to, and what secrets we leave there. It’s convenient to think of these “secrets” and “spaces” as being merely metaphorical, but we’ve all got somewhere we go, or someone we share hidden selves with. This exhibit gives anonymous voice to these recesses, exposing the freedom that comes with leaving your baggage somewhere else for others to find. Also on display, for those naysaying adults who think kids are little people to talk to, and not with, the depths of intellectual and emotional maturity in the minds of our young ones.
-Ben
