Stars in the Background

Stars in the background

My idea for the stars of Titanic is just thinking of how stars are always in the background, be it Bethlehem or Apollo. But backgrounds are overlooked - minimized when they can be more important than the foreground.

The last 5 commercial planetarium programs I have attended, the stars have been in the background - several of them had them whirling around, no better than disco lights .. with no thought of accuracy or anything!

But background is a worthy subject - if you get to thinking - the stars have been the background for all of history - look at that newly enhanced photo at gettysburg - a public domain photo that somebody decides - wait .. there are 3 pictures back to back .. unusual for the time given the expense .. and they are not AT the Gettysburg reviewing stand, they are to the RIGHT of it .. now why... and they enhanced it and zoomed it ... and there .. in the background .. sits a man on a horse .. with a beard... and a stovetop hat .. and its got to be Lincoln riding up to give his immortal address ..

whats in the background of history?

A silhouette in a planetarium gives the impression of distance - trees, mountains, buildings .. the stars loom up larger than any life here on earth . as they loom large throughout time in history, mythology, and lives.

Perhaps WE are the background, passing through briefly midst the eternal stars.