Exit Vectors: Upward Stream

Prompt: A single large drop of liquid sky penetrating through a ceiling, creating an upward-flowing stream that pulls dust and small objects into its current, light refracting strangely through its mass. Creative Process: The sky turned liquid that day, defying gravity in the most peculiar way. figures stood transfixed as the heavens began to pour upward into some unseen cosmic drain, creating a luminous vortex that seemed to beckon us toward an impossible ascension. it reminded me of that time i witnessed the northern lights fold in on themselves, except this felt more like nature having an existential crisis. i painted this after discovering an ancient sumerian tablet that described the sky as a bowl of water held up by giants - they were wrong, it's actually a bathtub with a faulty drain..