When a pale blue dot breathes, a crowd of cacophony begins' (2020) is celebrating its 30th anniversary of the first picture taken of the famous image ‘Pale blue dot’ by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft on the 14th of February 1990. The 'pale blue dot' image shows our lonely home planet Earth suspended in the sunbeam. I came up with the phrase, 'When a pale blue dot breathes, a crowd of cacophony begins' to help illustrate a poetic image of our home planet. The 'pale blue dot' act as a microscopic living cell or living organism in the super macro-universe. In comparison to several mega galaxies, stars, planets, cosmos and other undiscovered objects in space, Earth is a faint breath compared to the forever expanding universe. If we zoom inside that tiny pale blue speck, a pandemonium of sounds, voices, cries, and noises from every hair of planet Earth causes destructive chaos to this peaceful dreamy watery facade.

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The piece also references NASA's 'Golden Record'. The 'Golden Record' is a phonograph that contains sounds, images and greetings selected to portray the diversity of life and the rich culture of planet Earth. The 'Golden record' phonograph is installed on both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft to take them to outer space. It is intended to communicate our presence and our history of the world to extraterrestrials or intelligent lifeforms.

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Another inspiration for my piece is my late father's final sketches before he passed away. A series of abstract drawings of science fiction themes, the human condition, utopian-dystopian realities, apocalyptic futurism, and popular culture references he used in most of his work. I was fascinated by his creative vision and imagination in his drawings. I wanted to give a response to his work in my orchestral piece.