The immensity of the universe is simply baffling, yet we don’t often give thought to what majesty lies suspended in space beyond the view of our unaided eyes. Amid the sliver of the universe that we can perceive, we exist on a humble and minuscule dot, yet have the capability to marvel at distant beauties. This piece is a musical reflection on the mysterious beauty of the abyss and its twinkling giants. The textures, harmonies, and melodies evoke imagery of deep space, of bright and intricate celestial formations, and of incomprehensible vastness. Where my words fall short, I lean on those of Carl Sagan to provide some perspective. Regarding the photo of Earth taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft at a distance of 3.7 billion miles, Sagan writes:

“Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every ‘superstar,’ every ‘supreme leader,’ every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there—on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.”
(Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot)