The 7 Dawns of Creation, oil on linen canvas 58"X58"  $65,000.00

 

This is probably my most ambitious work: How to explain the universe. Step 1 is to get a sense of what Infinity might be (thinking a long time about infinity can be a dicey proposition. There is not a lot of margin between genius and insanity. While I am not in the genius category, I am not in a straight jacket either. At least not yet.) I cannot tell you what infinity is, but I can tell you what I think it isn't. Infinity is not space. I believe that The Greek philosopher Zeno of Alea is actually correct to assume that there is an infinite distance between any 2 points (look up Zeno's paradox). What he did not realize is that God had to solve that problem before God could create the universe, otherwise hydrogen atoms could never coalesce into clouds to form star nurseries, and sunlight could never reach the planets. So God created the fabric of space with convergence, relativity and time weaved into it. Also, envision Infinity as one solid unit that is limitless. The Infinite is a sphere because it extends equally in all directions. Visualize a sphere that is filled with a liquid, let us say water. Can a drop of that liquid exist as drop within that fluid? The answer is yes and no. Yes we know it is potentially there, and no it is not a drop. It is simply part of that fluid. Suppose then that a bubble or vacuum is created within that liquid, then now there is a stage for that drop to be manifested as a finite entity, and a relationship can exist between the finite and the Infinite (which was not possible before). That bubble is our cosmic space. Where it ends Infinity begins, and where Infinity begins space ends. Maybe that is why sometimes we feel so removed from God, he/she gives us a lot of space (and free will to boot).

I suspect that heaven also requires the separation of the Infinite from the finite. Otherwise we could not continue to exist as individual entities after we die. Maybe the heavenly bubble has convergence relativity but not time or matter. Maybe it is cognition built on a different unit of finiteness.

I imagine that Infinity is a complex yet the simplest entity. The Big bang inflated the universe, the entry point of matter from infinity. Maybe black holes are the exit points, recycling matter, time and space back into infinity. The difference between black holes and infinity is that a black hole extends infinitely in only one direction, inward. They are gravitational singularities. Infinity extends infinitely outward and infinitely inward. That tension of 'dimensional opposites' exists in every instance of infinity, it is almost like it is boiling. I speculate that should matter ever venture out of it's space cocoon and touches infinity, it would disintegrate into its infinite state (as it does when it enters a black hole). The tension within Infinity exists in perfect balance.

Consider this possibility, what if the nature of our universe reflects this characteristic in the form of polarity (+,-) or strong force vs weak force etc.... We know what we can do with "on and off" or (0s&1s). Just with these 2 elements we can build switches languages  computers etc... If humans can crate marvels with 2 elements, couldn't God do better?

What if then there is the slightest disturbance within the polar opposites of Infinity, might not that cause a colossal BIG BANG? We know the rest of the story fairly well.

Maybe God created the universe  in 7 steps, not 7 days. Maybe after 7 steps God found mankind precariously perched on a rock and decided "I that I am" can work with this, and touched, not man's fingers, but his mind to give him understanding and communion. The atoms did as they were destined,  build star nurseries, Create the elements, morph into molecules, create biology, and then life. They could not have done anything else. By the way, they are still doing all these things as you are reading this.