Energy is conceptual
Nobody ever saw, felt or heard a single “Joule” (unit) of energy. Energy is an idea, a concept invented by XIXth century men to explain physical nature.
Many appearances of physical energy do have a real world equivalent, though. That is, you can sense them in many different ways. Great heat burns your skin. Bright light makes you wink you eyes, to name just a few.
The concept of energy was invented to explain the ability to perform work with steam engines. Creating movement - kinetic energy, by burning coal. The idea was very useful and fruitful - it was successfully applied in many areas. Since Albert Einstein we know that even the weight of mass is energy.
Energy in the age of information
But... we're not living in the 19th century anymore. Steam has been replaced by information (as Steem was replace by HIVE :-).
In 1948 Claude Shannon mathematically defined information. We became to expect that information is just energy in a different form all together. Or is information the equivalent of energy? Is it in fact information, that defines peoples, the earth and the universe?
Inspiration
These thoughts on energy inspired me to make a series of artworks. Each one envisioning one of the appearances of energy as we think we know it. Their physical forms are similar and seem round volumes, with changing colors. They were build from many lines, like spirographs. Circular waves, interfering with each other and together moulding to the fundamental unit of energy.
Visit Makersplace
Have a look at my gallery on MakersPlace.com, and see the works in super high resolution.
The artworks are for sale as a single rare digital edition! (as we speak: three were sold already, two more available).
The work "Chemical Energy" (the "Green One") is the dedicated to the people of Beirut.