" If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one. " Oppenheimer quoted the Bhagavad Gita in reference to the Trinity test. " Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Bombs!!
The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer (acrylic and collage)
" If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one. " Oppenheimer quoted the Bhagavad Gita in reference to the Trinity test. " Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
" If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one. " Oppenheimer quoted the Bhagavad Gita in reference to the Trinity test. " Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
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I love that painting. I have always had a minor obsession with Oppenheimer. I have also always loved that quote "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." It really is beautiful in it's simplicity, truth, and terror.
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