David Bowman: "Some thing's going to happen".

Heywood Floyd: "What's going to happen ?".

David Bowman: "Something ... Wonderful". (2010)

What Art is needed for the 21st Century ? Of course it will be the “same old” Art that has provided sustenance since the time of Cave Paintings. It will be oil paintings and water colours. Music, dance, and entertainment. The "same old, same old" is perfectly capable of "doing the do" into the 21st Century. For life on Earth. Exploration of the Solar System and beyond.

A'hem, now I've got that out the way.

Looking at some of my pieces I see them in a new light. They are visionary. Sometimes I didn't know what they meant or where they came from when I did them. But I did them.

I have a skill, I see a need. Look at the current International Space Station missions. Space Walks. The States, Europe, Japan, and other countries working together. Of course thousands, probably millions are excited by this project. From nuts and bolts engineering advances, to just the pure joy of seeing the day to day life on the complex.

But I detect a lack of context sometimes. The News media can do a brilliant job of reporting some events, but with the ISS something is sometimes missing. Take this story [link] ... it is slanted to make it look like an inexcusable mistake. The bag was lost because a grease gun "exploded" in the bag but this is not mentioned in the article. Other news releases use the phrase "vexed mission" [link] and a missions "plagued" by problems. This is very strong language for space walks that have been ahead of schedule. They have fixed most of the problems. There is always some problem that turns up anyway on such a big project. the SARJ (solar panel) joints have been broken for months ! Clearly a case of very bad research and reporting .. why ?

I would say that there has been a loss of context. Of course there are many important things going on down on Terra Firma, but the ISS is part of a embryonic evolutionary change going on that is vital to the future of mankind and the Planet. Read any general discussion ( like here [link] ) and you will find a breathtaking polarisation of comments from the well informed to one's of gross ignorance. Could this be because the station is barely reported on and when it is, the issues and research is grossly inadequate ?

It could be seen as an information problem, but I'd say it's a contextual, subconscious, ARTISTIC problem !

So, if I can just tone down my intellect and get some artwork done here.