Carl Sagan – Joan of Art's Ship of Imagination

My favorite star exposes its intense white glow while it appears to “rise” from the horizon. But this time, there’s a sea of clouds which makes it more dreamy. Perfect timing 😀

Can hardly blame our ancestors from the distant past who had worshiped you. Actually, it made more sense ‘cos you’re truly amazing! I think you deserve to have this separate post 🙂

Also, If we humans were not too Geocentric to think: The sun doesn’t go down, nor rises as the Earth is spinning around. 🙂

And here’s Carl Sagan’s quote to remind us of this beautiful epoch.

It’s interesting to think about the consequences of living in a double star system. Maybe our whole evolution would have produced different results with a very different day/night pattern than we have now. But to have two suns (plus the size of Jupiter is so freaking massive)?, It is highly probable that there’s no life. No single-celled organisms had evolved. O.o

I watched That Thing Called Tadhana with my sister. Even though I like that film, I didn’t travel here because of that (I will tell you in my next post why I did visit Sagada, so stay tuned). I’m pretty sure that these visitors were also here to see the beauty of Kiltepan because of this film. To my surprise, it is super pretty! Glad we woke up early and caught the transfixing beauty of the sunrise from Mt. Kiltepan. Top of the world where you can day dream of ensconcing this paradise soon. And by the way, humans are everywhere. >.< Don’t say I didn’t warn you. But I guess, there’s still a day where you can experience the view without the overwhelming number of people who also trying to capture the moment, so you need an extra radar when will that be. 😛 If you found one, then congrats! That would be a great escape from the ludicrous hectic world.

What would you say if you met Carl Sagan?

The one of the most loves of my life is in front of me, waiting for me to talk? Whoa! Whoa! Wow! That is a great question. I don’t know if I could act normally in front of him, most likely, I guess I’ll be tongue tied and run out of words to say.

First off, okay, I would say what a great human being you are. Let me bear your sixth child? LOL! That was a ridiculous thing to ask. But seriously, I would tell him that! No offense Ms. Ann Druyan.

Carl will say no! I’m just being delusional, so why would I waste my time asking him that stupid thing. Forgive me.

Okay! I’ll start all over again.

Hi Mr. Carl Sagan, you don’t have any idea how I feel right now that I had a chance to meet you. It’s incredible. You didn’t know me but I know you, sort of, not well enough. Anyway, I’ve watched your Cosmos series and I considered it as one of the greatest series of all time. I’m not saying this to impress you, I’m saying this ‘because it is true. And I’m pretty sure you are aware of how great you are. I remember the very 1st episode of The Cosmos; a man in a light brown suit calmly explained and illustrated artificial selection using Heikegani – a species of crab native to Japan, with a shell that bears a pattern resembling a warrior face. Because of the belief that these crabs carry the soul of the Heike warriors who died during the Battle of Dan-no-ura- they opted not to kill them when caught while fishing. This group of people particularly selected them to thrive. Which for me is a great example to teach what artificial selection is for everyone. A man who brought us science in a language that we actually understood. Right there and then, I was hooked. You did a great job here on Earth, undeniably. Thank you for fighting for science, for fighting for the truth. You taught us to think for ourselves or we are just up for grabs by charlatans.

You are one of my science geniuses, my hero who was responsible for my Cosmos consciousness. This awareness of mine has changed my perspective radically. From being nationalist (as a former idealist) to a human being who looks at the earth as one nation, as a whole, as a pale blue dot. Through this lens, you can see how fragile humans can be. Our ego was not visible in space and I think it is important to bury this in our minds as a constant reminder. It’s inspired me to look differently at my place in the universe and accept how insignificant we are. I became what you called a child of cosmos. Your ideology is far more marvelous across the globe than you have ever imagined it.

It touches my heart in every possible way, which is not unlikely to happen – because you’re such an impressive teacher. I even hope that your Cosmos series could make its way to every home television or even have a part of the syllabus in every nation’s educational system. When that day comes, hopefully, that would be one of the greatest things to happen on Earth.

I’m hoping that I’ll meet a guy just like you. Imagine if all the political leaders around the world could somehow think exactly just like the way you think, this will be a better place sir.

Why so soon, sir? Why did you leave us so soon? I know you are now in the depths of the cosmic arena that you have always dreamt to become a part of.

ABOUT ME : JOAN OF ART

Hooray! You’re seeing my page because you have decided to waste a portion of your time, haven’t you? Or maybe, suddenly you’ve got interested and would like to hear some of my nonsensical tales that somehow you will find titillating – hopefully. Either way, I’m glad you’re here. My domain name “Ship of the imagination” was snatched from the (1980) Cosmos TV series (Now we have the 2014 Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson which is a follow-up to that series). Sounds cool, huh! No, it’s freaking awesome, man. For those who knows what the cosmos is, they’ll surely get what I meant by that.

And for those less fortunate people who haven’t got the chance to meet Carl Sagan’s ship of the imagination (why? I wouldn’t miss it for the world) – I’ll expound how wonderful it is.

Carl and his famous ship of the imagination had taken us from the edge of the known universe back to our pale blue dot planet.
Carl Sagan had his own Personal Voyage on his ship of the imagination – and then – I was like, why not create my own version of that one which was focused on my life experience. I guess this is also a good opportunity to extract my remaining creative juices in my brain cells.

I have a huge fascination with the very deep sea and all the life-forms that live deep down there. I feel so relax if those creatures exposed their beauty in my very own eyes. They are all wonderful. If you want to talk about movies and TV series, as a movie enthusiast I can lend you my shoulder. I appreciate anything that can give me a good-ass laugh.

I don’t need to say much, just check my blog and don’t judge, that was made for my personal amusement.

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