Last night I joined a zoom lecture hosted by the Science and Entertainment Exchange. The speaker was Kevin Peter Hand who is an astrobiologist. His talk was about Alien Oceans of Earth and Beyond. I have enjoyed several  educational online presentations in recent weeks, some on the subjet of astrobiology. It can be very stimulating to have something to lift one’s spirits during this difficult time. I have had a thing about Enceladus for years now.  I once made a model of this icy moon out of a football, paint and some clay. So kids could hold it when you could not go to a shop and buy such a thing. A few years later I painted Enceladus  inspired by Cassini’s images. It is a very textured painting as was the model made from a football. Several of my workshops include Enceladus and it has been drawn many times by children attending over the past years. So I  just had … Continue reading →