During the second scientific revolution the ideas of quantum were introduced, and it was these ideas that added a level of uncertainty to science and made it impossible to return to classical views. Science was once absolute; scientists believed that science could make sense of everything. Quantum however shattered these views. Accordingly, this new aspect of science was also conveyed through art. A new wave of art was conceived based on the ideas of quantum, artists such as Pablo Picasso, Dali, and René Magritte are only a few of many to integrate these ideas into their art.

Accordingly, the aim of this painting is to show the ambiguity of quantum and the difficulty the mind has comprehending it. This painting was inspired by René Magritte's painting "Son of Man", and "The False Mirror". This is so specifically because of the man placed in the center of the canvas, and because the iris is reflecting the sky on a cloudy day. First, in order to fully understand the painting, one must understand the significance of the stars: the stars are meant to represent electrons; this in turn is related to quantum and the double-slit experiment. The double-slit experiment is when electrons are shot threw a board with two slits that has been placed in front of a panel. If there is no observer the electrons act like waves, however, if there is an observer they act like particles. It is this experiment that the painting focuses on. Hence, as one can see, the man has one eye looking above at the stars and the other shut, and on the side opposite to where he is looking the sky is filled with shooting stars. Since the man is observing, the stars (electrons) are acting like particles, and where he is not looking the stars (electrons) are acting like waves, thus the waves are represented by the shooting stars. To further demonstrate this, at the bottom of the painting the same phenomenon is happening with the stars and the observer.

Furthermore, since quantum explores the uncertainty of science, and the limitation the mind has comprehending science, I also wanted to convey this through my painting. As one can see the man's head is slightly open, and he is holding his brain in his hand; this is supposed to illustrate the limitations of the mind. One can never truly grasp quantum, especially since the phenomenon of the electrons binary existence can never be fully observed. Clearly, the man in the painting is struggling with this idea, for his mind cannot fully grasp the concept.

Thus, in many ways this painting is abstract and ambiguous, this was done in order to capture the disorder quantum introduced to science. Many artists upon hearing about quantum's ground breaking news wanted to show this uncertainty through art, and it is this that the painting embodies.