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Posted on March 6, 2010 | Slideshow |
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Mario John Borgatti says...
Lucy, after reading your "About the Art" description of this glorious painting I waxed nostalgic for the early days of NASA's manned space flight program. The cancellation of that endeavor not only ends an era of courageous and fruitful manned space exploration, but simultaneously the dreams and the pioneering spirit of future generations as well. What happened to us since President John F. Kennedy's, September 12, 1962, "We choose to go to the Moon." speech at Rice University in Houston, Texas?
Your painting is symbolic of President Kennedy's vision and those who responded to his challenge by venturing beyond their Earthly bonds and into the unknown. I can fully understand why NASA Launch Director, Michael Leinbach commissioned a work epitomizing that period from the dawn of the space age to it's apex. Especially an image which would remind future generations of what we are capable of achieving for the good of all humanity. And, he, could not have chosen a more worthy artist to interpret this golden age of space exploration.
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