By Jane Muschenetz
“A cup of the Sun’s core produces ~60 milliwatts of thermal energy. By volume …less than a human [350 mW]. In a sense, you are hotter than the Sun—there’s just not as much of you.”
—Henry Reich, Minute Physics
You are 600% hotter than the Sun
Speaking roughly, in terms of heat
generated per every human inch, you give
off more milliwatts—surge/energy. Only
the Sun is bigger… it matters.
We are all blinded by love,
the endlessly expanding/contracting
universe is just another metaphor
for longing, and life—its own purpose.
How dazzling, this science!
Consider falling for a physicist—
that painstakingly slow way they undress
mathematical mysteries,
talk about ‘bodies in motion’
gets me every time—space
—continuum, part, particle—
Atomic. Incandescent! You
are, pound-for-pound, more life-source,
more bomb, more season-spinning-searing center/
heart/engine/radiating nuclear dynamic
than the Sun. Can’t look directly
in the mirror? Small Wonder! Imagine—
none of us powerless.
The Importance of Arts, Culture, The Creative Process, and how this project resonates with you.: The deep interconnection between the Arts, Culture, Humanities and Sciences is undermined through their frequent separation and, often, even placed in opposition to one another. None of us and none of the disciplines exist in a vacuum - we are formed and informed by the ideas and norms of our cultures and society. We then, in turn, influence these same forces. In reality, it is often the most creative and intuitive thinkers that tend to bring about revolutionary scientific findings and some of the most logical, business-minded people that develop and popularize new forms or art. Poets/Artists and Mathematicians/Scientist have much more in common that not. They are equally relentless in their pursuit of the "why," endlessly curious about the world and driven to explore and explain how it works. The biggest piece art tends to do for us, in a reality focused on more commercial aspects, is remind us of this truth: that the world (and ourselves) is so much more than the narrow view allows. The power of imagination and creativity belongs to all of us, and is one that unites and expands rather than separates and divides.
Tell us something about the natural world that you love and don’t wish to lose. What are your thoughts on the kind of world we are leaving for the next generation? I love how life and humanity keeps reinventing itself and solving seemingly impossible dilemmas. Looking at how intrenched and complicated the problems we face today are, it is easy to lose hope. The natural world is an incredibly resilient and awe-inspiring problem solver - and beautiful. I want that natural beauty and life to be thriving and inspiring to future generations - from the forests to the seas to the cosmos.
