After 3 years, I have FINISHED this chapter on the origin of the universe - a circuitous journey that has led to our home, in which that history of the universe is carried (and within all of us). This page recaps the chapter & points forward to the next - Life. Onward... #Nostos #Unflattening 2

The birth of our solar system - at last, closing up the penultimate page of this mammoth chapter exploring the origin of the universe in all its swirls of different sorts... It's been a long trip. And there is, to be sure, a lot going on on this page :)
Onward!
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Finished spread! The lives of different types of stars, the various ways they give back all they had taken in changed, and the new forms they give rise to! This took me some time to say the least! It's a lively place out there! On to the next spread (finale of this chapter!!)
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Nonscientific poll: would folks be interested in the opening chapter to #Nostos in standalone accordion format, w/bonus behind the scenes, process stuff included before the book is finished (it’d be printed there as well in standard book format)? Hoping to finally make this happen! #Unflattening 2
(Sorry, I couldn’t keep posting here regularly, was losing track - but @dogtrax kindly shared it here, so I thought I should properly)

At last! Finished page: how a star forms, what fuels it, & how it forges new forms into being! A star is a momentary reversal - a wellspring of possibilities that makes life possible. This took me some time to figure out to say the least - but geeked to be done & move onward! #Nostos #Unflattening 2

The birth of a first star - and another finished spread! To a bright Sunday for all...
w/appreciation for the work of @jdunkley Emma Chapman & the quest for these first stars!
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star formation - from formlessness to a spinning, coalescing disk... page in progress #nostos #unflattening 2

First light - as the first stars lit up across the universe...
(and at last I get to draw things that are actually things!)
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Cosmic microwave background radiation - and the spinning of the cosmic web. Another spread more or less behind me - hopefully more tangible things to draw going forward. Either way - moving on to the next...
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