Kelvin’s Clouds is a set of reflections that represent my journey through the topics of science and religion, seeking to find perspectives that are rational while recognizing the incompleteness of our knowledge about humanity and the nature of reality. These reflections are mostly essays with the occasional drawing or picture. Writing the ideas out helps me to think them through.

Photography is another tool that I sometimes use to think about these things (in addition to just having fun). That work is presented on a different site: Whole Reality.

The general theme of Whole Reality photography is learning to see better.

For example, I like to take macro or close-up pictures that demonstrate the value of looking closely at things and paying attention to them. I often find that ordinary objects are interesting when looked at closely, so the focus of this photography is to discover the beautiful and interesting that is all around us.

I also take 360 panoramas, also known as Virtual Reality (VR) photographs or photospheres. These are viewed on a web page or smartphone. With these pictures, you can look in any direction because the picture is a complete sphere around you. It’s often the case that when a photographer takes a picture of something interesting, there is more to see than what shows up in the photograph. VR photographs demonstrate the value of paying attention to everything and avoiding narrow perspectives.

These two types of photographs can be combined into a single interactive experience in which pictures that hang on the wall become entries into virtual reality experiences. These are still a work in process since they involve novel combinations of both technology and photography, but early efforts look promising.

In all these cases, I sometimes reflect on themes suggested by the pictures through essays and other writing. These essays may stand on their own or they may be a first step that is explored further on this site (Kelvin’s Clouds).

Thus, both sites together represent explorations through various metaphysical topics using several different tools, combining science and rational thought with approaches that are closer to art and imagination. The process represents more of a journey than a destination. I’d love to hear your thoughts!