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The Supernova Mind

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Part 4 in the "Chessboards" Sub-Series.

Had a lot of fun with this one. Expect more in this style.
11" x 14" acrylic and ink on bristol.

I'll give you a llama badge if you can find the hidden Pikachu.

Update October 20: I took a better picture of this so the quality is way better. Hope you enjoy!

About this sub-series:
"Chessboards" is an exploration in geometric space and humanity. The title of this one comes from a classic mathematics story of a man who is offered any reward he wishes by a king for naming an invention. He chooses to fill a chessboard with wheat/rice on each individual square, multiplying the number of grains by 2 each time. Therefore square one would have 1, 2 has 2, 3 has 4, 4 has 8 and so on. By the last square the number is up to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615. Ray Kurzweil later developed a technology strategy based off the exponential growth of the second half of the chessboard in which the numbers increase at an insane amount. While listening to NPR one afternoon a discussion was brought up that talked about this strategy and its relation to technology. Essentially as a species, we are in the second or back half of the chessboard when it comes to technological development. He theorized that at the current exponential rate of technology we will destroy ourselves in the next 100 years. I'm researching more of this as this series progresses, but I'm attempting to express information overload and the technological boom our world is experiencing. A barrage of media and unfiltered garbage that is subliminally fed into our subconscious, altering our DNA. Creating the next evolutionary member of our species.
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Bluejotain's avatar
This looks really nice, I love hwo much detail there is in this.