Star Bright?

The latest collaboration of artist C Bangs and astronomer Greg Matloff is their second foray the graphic artist's book, this time tackling no less a subject than the consciousness of the universe. They prove that dense scientific ideas can be made accessible to a broader public, capturing the awe of their subject through balance of text and imagery. Matloff's text has been honed to convey his ideas, rendering them into the territory of the poetic. Bangs continues the flight off the page with her imagery that both clarifies and clouds us in more mystery. Linking quantum theory and the internet with human spiritual quests through the ages, Matloff and Bangs throw questions at us and come to conclusions that remain open-ended. They reach back into our early history to find a line throughout the ages that instinctually connects us to the heavens. We are left with the possibility of communicating, not just communing, with stars and perhaps finding ourselves on the cusp of a new science.