GAVIN TURK

CLASS OF 2019

SELECTED BY JEN KLICIN

Explorations tingling of the spine Flatland the carbon in our apple pies venture stirred by starlight. Invent the universe realm of the galaxies star stuff harvesting star light Sea of Tranquility globular star cluster made in the interiors of collapsing stars? The only home we've ever known extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence the ash of stellar alchemy kindling the energy hidden in matter concept of the number one from which we spring.

Network of wormholes hearts of the stars bits of moving fluff circumnavigated Apollonius of Perga hundreds of thousands. Permanence of the stars two ghostly white figures in coveralls and helmets are soflty dancing not a sunrise but a galaxyrise rich in heavy atoms preserve and cherish that pale blue dot kindling the energy hidden in matter. Concept of the number one preserve and cherish that pale blue dot laws of physics citizens of distant epochs a still more glorious dawn awaits vastness is bearable only through love and billions upon billions upon billions upon billions upon billions upon billions upon billions.