It is difficult to try to present an idea or vision without creating a bias. We hold to the idea that alien life forms, or the creation of alien life forms, will arrive in some type of ship. Maybe it is more likely that quantum mechanics will play a part--that they or it will step through a portal or rupture in space. Because there is no experience to rely upon (other than science fiction), I cannot "know" how to describe this event (first contact) without creating a bias. I am likewise aware that in an unknown equation such as this there is generally a coefficient of anxiety or terror: we tend to fear what we do not understand. I think an element of this works its way into The Sublime series, despite my strong desire to present the possibility without informing it. These thoughts are totally different than my concerns with politics (or actually a direct result of my understanding of politics). I realize that my politics reveal my biases, and I accept this. I do not have a problem with it. And I accept that some of these biases will most likely have to change for the betterment of other individuals within society. I am the sum of many ideas--some of them good, some of them flawed. It is all right. Let there be a conversation.

New painting.