EAGLE NEBULA

A fragment of the Eagle Nebula, a factory of young stars in the Serpens constellation.
A widespread practice across civilizations is to project their own viewpoint and the era they inhabit when naming celestial objects and events. Each moment in the long history of humanity will have its own circumstantial designs in the sky. A cosmic accident that, for many, guides their destiny. A coincidence we like to believe in.
This drawing was made using fragments of windshields from crashed automobiles.
Glass on glass
53cm x 73 cm
2018