Inspiring Visions of a Brighter Future for Humanity

Side Notes...Thoughts on modern technology and the future of things...

Feb 14, 2025

Here’s a collection of various works that have sparked my imagination over time. I hope they stir your imagination just as much as they have mine.

The Prologue and The Promise

“Recognized as a man of many worlds. Robert spent nearly 10 months planning and painting the Horizons mural on a 19’ by 60’ canvas.

The Prologue and The Promise is a mural that was commissioned by Walt Disney’s EPCOT Center in Orlando, Florida for their Horizons pavilion. The mural could be seen as you exited the Horizons pavilion and exhibit. The pavilion is gone but the legacy of this great work of art still remains.

It took almost three months to develop the concept for the mural at his studio in Paradise Valley, Arizona. The second phase, the painting phase, took more than six months to finish and was completed at the Disney Studios in Burbank, California.

The mural was completed in March of 1983 with the help of Robert’s wife Louise McCall.

Robert McCall’s family can be seen in the mural as well. “If you look close enough, you’ll see my daughters, Cathy and Linda, their husbands and my four grandchildren as well as Louise and myself. And, oh yes, you’ll also see Linda’s pet dog.”

~ Robert McCall

This artwork is featured in; Body of Work “Man Of Faith”

If we were less tribal how far could we go? Perhaps one day we will become a species of explorers, scientists, artists and poets that reach into the Outer Dark of space to find whatever is out there for us to discover. Perhaps only then will we achieve our full potential as a single species of United Humanity.

For more information and stills gallery, please turn to: http://www.erikwernquist.com/wanderers/

“After a 100-year journey across 4.24 light-years of space, 4,752 passengers have finally arrived at their new planet. This is a sci-fi documentary, looking at the first 10,000 days on Proxima Centauri B. This journey shows the future science of space travel, exploration, and future space technology. “

“The surface of the balloon is our face, with what we do not know inside the balloon as we blow into it. This is what we have proved, okay? But as we increase what we think we know, we increase our exposure to what we do not know. This is one of the inevitable laws of our universe. But isn't it more interesting to live in a universe where there are unknowns to discover, new lands to explore, than to live in an absolute box, where when you find the edge, 'that's it, baby', no place to go from there? I like the fact that we cannot predict everything. I like the fact that we live in a universe where anything may happen, because the alternative to me is a constricting dead end.”

- Frank Herbert UCLA speech 04.17.1985

“The legendary science fiction writer shares his thoughts on the future of medicine, communications and more. (From "The David Letterman Show," air date: 10/21/80)”