{"id":6520,"date":"2016-09-23T03:36:43","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T03:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/?p=6520"},"modified":"2016-09-27T03:52:34","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T03:52:34","slug":"proxima-centauri-b-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2016\/09\/proxima-centauri-b-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Proxima Centauri B &#8211; Painting by Wendy Stolyarov"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\">\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Wendy_Stolyarov_Proxima_Centauri_B.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Wendy_Stolyarov_Proxima_Centauri_B-1024x724.png\" alt=\"wendy_stolyarov_proxima_centauri_b\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Wendy_Stolyarov_Proxima_Centauri_B-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Wendy_Stolyarov_Proxima_Centauri_B-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Wendy_Stolyarov_Proxima_Centauri_B-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Wendy_Stolyarov_Proxima_Centauri_B-100x71.png 100w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Wendy_Stolyarov_Proxima_Centauri_B.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>Proxima Centauri B \u2013 by Wendy Stolyarov<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: Left-click on this image to get a full view of this digital work of fractal art.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Inspired by the recently-discovered habitable exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri, this painting depicts a risk-taking space colonist\/engineer overseeing the construction of a Hyperloop (with the aid of sentient drones!) in a bright, and hopefully near, future.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p><strong>Inspiration:<\/strong> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2016\/08\/astronomers-have-found-a-habitable-planet-orbiting-our-suns-nearest-neighbor\/497117\/\">An Epochal Discovery: A Habitable Planet Orbits a Nearby Star<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; Rebecca Boyle, The Atlantic, August 24, 2016<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rationalargumentator.com\/art_wendy\/art_wendy.html\"><big>See the index of Wendy Stolyarov\u2019s art works.<\/big>\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><big><a href=\"http:\/\/wendystolyarov.artworkfolio.com\/\"><strong>Visit Wendy Stolyarov\u2019s website and view her art portfolio.<\/strong> <\/a><\/big><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy D. Stolyarov is an accomplished writer, thinker, artist, and graphic designer, who brings her immense talent and capacity for innovation to The Rational Argumentator and the wider movement for the advancement of Reason, Rights, and Progress. Mrs. Stolyarov uses computer technology masterfully to produce precise, realistic, life-affirming art. She has also contributed multiple essays to TRA and designed many of the magazine\u2019s newer logos, including its banner and the New Renaissance top hat. Mrs. Stolyarov is married to G. Stolyarov II, the Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator.<\/strong><b> <strong>She is the illustrator for\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/death-is-wrong\/\">Death is Wrong<\/a><\/em>, the children\u2019s book on indefinite life extension written by Mr. Stolyarov in 2013.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proxima Centauri B \u2013 by Wendy Stolyarov Note: Left-click on this image to get a full view of this digital work of fractal art. Inspired by the recently-discovered habitable exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri, this painting depicts a risk-taking space colonist\/engineer overseeing the construction of a Hyperloop (with the aid of sentient drones!) in a bright, and hopefully near, future. Inspiration: &#8220;An Epochal Discovery: A Habitable Planet Orbits a Nearby Star&#8221; &#8211; Rebecca Boyle, The Atlantic, August 24, 2016 See the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2016\/09\/proxima-centauri-b-painting\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1710,356,104],"tags":[4885,582,4887,1151,753,4564,1262,314,315,4886,4420,1351,95,4884,1823,566,564,4213,537],"class_list":["post-6520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-2","category-technology-2","category-transhumanism","tag-colonist","tag-colonization","tag-colony","tag-construction","tag-drones","tag-engineer","tag-entrepreneur","tag-future","tag-futurism","tag-hyperloop","tag-painting","tag-planet","tag-progress","tag-proxima-centauri-b","tag-reward","tag-risk","tag-space","tag-wendy-d-stolyarov","tag-wendy-stolyarov"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6524,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6520\/revisions\/6524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}