Julia

An aphasic space station monitors an anomalous object, while keeping the last two humans alive.

I wrote a program so that I could paint in aquarelle. I take pages from the treasure and paint them: the sky of Varennes on the night of 2 Messidor; a sagittal cut of Saint Sebastian, whose arrows are cylindric sections; Miranda gazing at the sea, waiting to be relieved. At times I include Julia in the scene, in whatever clothes it wears at the time, as though we had always known Julia, and had been reared under its gaze. Thus a flaming halo presides over the battle of Lepanto, and a mirror sphere watches the waters of the Sous. And what would the first astronomers have made of Julia? The wand

saved by

• Aaron Pham
• Andy Kong
• Yudhister Joel Kumar
• Kushal Thaman
• Julian H
• Jaryd Diamond
• Sam B
• Tanvi Reddy
• Caden Juang
• Rohan Kathuria

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