My fascination with the space beyond began at an early age. I was born and raised in New Mexico, a hub of space exploration and other scientific endeavors. Locals say that you can't be a true new mexican without having seen at least one UFO. Ever since I can remember, I saw things in the sky I could not identify.

Sky/space is such a focal part of my life.The sky is so big and blue here; sometimes the landscape makes you feel like you're on another planet. When I left for ten years and then moved back, the skies became a catalyst for a major mental paradigm shift. I was a religious person. A shift from a theist viewpoint to an atheist viewpoint occurred when I started thinking about the tininess of the human species. The Hubble photos point to a universe (or multiverse) nearly beyond human comprehension.

The space above became God.
And it's constant reminder of how small we are as a species—and the largeness of everything else.