Up in Space 

John Berkey painted "Up in Space," capturing a vision of futurism with oil. The structure, a towering spacecraft, embodies aspiration, reminiscent of ancient ziggurats aiming to bridge the earthly and the divine. Notice the window, a prominent oval suggesting an eye. Since antiquity, the eye has been a potent symbol of perception, knowledge, and spiritual insight. Consider its presence in Egyptian art as the Eye of Horus or its recurrence during the Renaissance as an emblem of divine omniscience. Here, the spacecraft is in a cosmic ocean with patterns like veins of the subconscious, reflecting our enduring fascination with the unknown. This dream of progress reveals our hopes and anxieties for the future. Though technology evolves, the human spirit remains tethered to age-old questions of existence.