A Personal Singularity

Original digital fine art prints.
Printed on handmade Kahari paper from the Himalaya,
Each print is hand-signed by artist Arthur Woods.

A Personal Singularity is defined as an awareness and an approximation of the cosmic relationship of a human being vis-a-vis the Universe. This can be expressed by the number 10^-50 which is the ratio between the number of atoms in ones’ body 10²⁸ and the number of atoms in the observable Universe 10^78.

I discovered these two number numbers by reading different books. I found the number 10²⁸in Carl Sagan’s book Cosmos (1980) in the chapter “The Lives of the Stars” on page 219 where he writes “ …the total number of atoms in your body is about 10²⁸”. This is a one followed by 28 zeros.

The second number 10⁷⁸ comes from the book written by Martin Rees, Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape The Universe (2008) on page 84 where he writes “There are 10⁷⁸atoms within our observable universe (mainly hydrogen atoms, each composed of a proton and an electron)….”

Thus with these two numbers we can express the ratio of the human body to that of the universe in the following manner as the number 10^-50. Which can also be written like this:

0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001

or like this:

10^-50

The formula for making this calculation looks like this.

In the artworks I have used this formula and substituted the number “1” with the human body.
Thus, these images indicates your “personal singularity”. I have made male and female variations.

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These Digital Fine Art Prints are printed with an Epson Stylus Photo R2400 printer on natural handmade kahari paper that comes from the Himalaya, the highest point on planet Earth that is closest to space.

The prints come in two formats:
1: Size A5
Image size: 9.5 x 14.5 cm
Paper size: 14.5 x 21 cm
Price (Swiss francs): CHF 40.- each

2: Size A4
Image size: 15 x 24 cm
Paper size: 21 x 29.7 cm
Price (Swiss francs): CHF 70.- each

The price for packaging and shipping to any location on Earth is CHF 10.00.

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