Elysium

I've been thinking about Heaven, the afterlife and the ways different cultures perceive it to be. The Greeks of antiquity had a vision of heaven they called The Elysian Fields or Elysium. It was located at the western edge of the earth, by the banks of the river Oceanus. It was a paradise where the worthiest humans had their final rest. Lesser mortals lived out a monotonous eternity in the fields of Asphodel where they would feel neither pain nor bliss. It's interesting to think that so many cultures have different levels of reward in the afterlife according to ones virtue.

So here is my vision of Elysium- The earth swims in the stream of Oceanus, and on the walls of the niche is a ship making its way west. Overall I just wanted to show the peace of the experience of leaving this world for another. The pictures we've seen of Earth from space always astound me. It is so quiet and pure. It's like looking at the city from a very tall building, the noise and confusion and pollution is smoothed over and there is only silence.