Oars for the air of the sky

I originally did the planet, rings, and moon for Simple Photorealism using Persistence of Vision. When I wrote Silver sail and gold, above a dappled sea I added some Greek rowing ships.

Produce ships and sails which can be used in the air of the sky. Then you’ll find men to man them, men not afraid of the vast emptiness of space. — Johannes Kepler (Letter to Galileo)

We cannot buy our security, our freedom from the threat of the bomb, by committing an immorality so great, as saying to a billion human beings now enslaved behind the iron curtain, give up your dreams of freedom, because to save our own skins we’re willing to make a deal with your slavemasters. — Ronald Reagan (A Time for Choosing)